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The Quiet Collapse: Inside Auckland's Post-War Shadows
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Series: The Quiet Spy, Book 7
Historical FictionLiterary Fiction
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ISBN13: 9798246881064
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 4 2026
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 4 2026
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some collapses make no sound - until the truth forces its way to the surface.
Auckland, 1950. The Department is meant to protect the nation, but in the uneasy years after the war, its foundations are beginning to shift.
When field operative Vera Atkins is stranded in Sydney after a compromised assignment, she senses the danger is not in the city around her, but in the silence coming from home. Her coded messages go unanswered. Her extraction is delayed. And the watchers who appear on the docks are not the ones she expected.
Auckland, 1950. The Department is meant to protect the nation, but in the uneasy years after the war, its foundations are beginning to shift.
When field operative Vera Atkins is stranded in Sydney after a compromised assignment, she senses the danger is not in the city around her, but in the silence coming from home. Her coded messages go unanswered. Her extraction is delayed. And the watchers who appear on the docks are not the ones she expected.
In Auckland, analyst Evelyn Hart uncovers subtle inconsistencies in Department records - missing reports, altered timelines, and decisions that make no operational sense. As she digs deeper, she realises the anomalies are not mistakes. They are deliberate.
Separated by distance but following the same thread, Vera and Evelyn begin to uncover the quiet, procedural erosion of the institution they serve. What starts as a routine inquiry becomes a reckoning with loyalty, power, and the lingering shadows of the war.
The Quiet Collapse is a character-driven Cold War espionage novel set in post-war New Zealand. It explores the cost of truth, the weight of institutional betrayal, and the quiet courage required to confront what others refuse to see.
Separated by distance but following the same thread, Vera and Evelyn begin to uncover the quiet, procedural erosion of the institution they serve. What starts as a routine inquiry becomes a reckoning with loyalty, power, and the lingering shadows of the war.
The Quiet Collapse is a character-driven Cold War espionage novel set in post-war New Zealand. It explores the cost of truth, the weight of institutional betrayal, and the quiet courage required to confront what others refuse to see.
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