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A dramatic story of WWII espionage,betrayaland loyaltyby the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life In 1940eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizersshe discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has endedshe presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years laternow a radio producer at the BBCJuliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought nowon a different battlegroundbut Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is dueand she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texturea bravura modern novel of extraordinary powerwit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time.