The Last Frontier

Alistair MacLean (1922–1987) — a British writer, author of 28 thrillers and adventure stories, screenwriter. His name is widely known to readers around the world. MacLean's books have sold over 150 million copies, and 18 films have been made based on his novels, screenplays, and plots. In 1983, the University of Glasgow awarded the writer an honorary doctorate in literature.
The flagship of the collection «The Last Frontier» is a spy thriller dedicated to the events of the Cold War. A British secret agent faces the secret police of Hungary while on a mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist, his compatriot. In 1961, the novel was adapted into a film titled «The Hidden Ways».
The military action film «Partisans» takes us back to World War II. Major Petersen and his team cross Yugoslavia to deliver a secret message and expose a double agent working in a partisan unit.
«South of Java» is a spy, naval, and adventure novel set in 1942, just after the fall of Singapore. A motley group of fugitives leaves the burning city aboard a decrepit cargo ship commanded by a captain of rather dubious reputation...