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Jeffrey Archer creates 'a fully updated and reimagined edition' of A Matter of Honour for Pan Macmillan
Pan Macmillan will publish A Matter of Honour 2027 by Jeffrey Archer as “a fully updated and reimagined edition” 40 years on from original publication.
The publisher said: “Modernised from its original 1966 setting as a modern-day, high-stakes, rollercoaster race against time, A Matter of Honour 2027 follows Adam Scott, a young and decorated Captain in the British Army who, in attempting to clear his family name from its dishonourable reputation, is unwittingly drawn into an international diplomatic crisis involving the sovereignty of Alaska.
“Adam must evade the lethal intentions of the FSB, the CIA, and even MI6 as he races to prevent the outbreak of a global conflict, all whilst confronting his family’s past." The novel is scheduled for publication in 2027 and Pan Macmillan said it will be “a fully updated and reimagined edition”.
Managing director Lucy Hale says “We are delighted to be giving A Matter of Honour a new lease of life. Despite its origin four decades ago, the issues it addresses resonate with the same intensity and relevance today, and the updated novel will take this further to immerse readers in a frightening new landscape of heightened surveillance.”
Archer said: “I revisited A Matter of Honour and was instantly immersed in imagining how the story and characters would evolve, 60 years on from the book’s original setting. The renewed spectre of Russian expansionism and threats to global peace make this reimagined edition an exciting and vastly relevant new work.”
Archer’s works have been published in 114 countries in more than 50 languages and his Kane & Abel trilogy is being adapted for TV for international audiences by Sony and Eleven, and The William Warwick Novels by BlackBox Multimedia.
Archer has topped the bestseller lists around the world in a career spanning four decades. His work has been sold in more than 100 countries and in 51 languages. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries, Pan Macmillan).
