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7.30pm - Frank Gardner, Ballistic

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When

Wednesday, 16 September 2026 at 20:30

Backstory

71 Balham High Road, London, SW12 9AP

Time

20:30

Price guide

£15.00

About this event

Description Please note event tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable. Wednesday 16th September, 7:30pm Backstory, 71 Balham High Rd, SW12 9AP BBC Security Correspondent and bestselling author Frank Gardner discusses his new novel Ballistic, an edge of your seat spy thriller set in the Arctic. About the book: In the dying light of an Arctic afternoon a monstrous black shape slips beneath the waters of Murmansk bay. Murmansk in the Arctic Circle is where Russia's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines is based - and the Novorossiya is one of their navy's most advanced - and dangerous - vessels. Acting on information received from a high-ranking mole deep inside Russia's FSB, Britain's security services are convinced that the submarine is about to deploy a terrifying, game-changing device. As Europe goes into a state of high alert, MI6 operative Luke Carlton is sent into the hot zone that is the Finnish-Russian border. His mission to secure the safe extraction of this valuable MI6 asset and the intel he has in his possession - because it seems the West could be staring Armageddon in the face. It's then that things start to go devastatingly wrong. Tickets Available: Ticket only - £15 (This ticket does not include a copy of the book. You can decide to buy a copy on the night, but this will be charged in addition, at the full price of the book.) Ticket & book (RRP £20)- £28 (To collect on the night.)

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