In The Best Interests

Luke Frankland, a junior intelligence officer just home from the Iraq War, finds himself cast into a world of cyber espionage and state-level politics. Out of his depth and with no one in the Government heeding his warnings, he forms a makeshift team and tries to establish who is waging a new kind of war from behind a keyboard. The truth will leave him plunged into an arena he little expected and where the real cost is not measured in 1s and 0s but in human life. In The Best Interests is the first in the Luke Frankland Trilogy of cyber-thrillers. A series of novels based on the real life experiences of the author within the world of cyber warfare and espionage. They will take you on a chilling and personal journey that will leave you wondering where the fiction ends and the facts start.

Tim Hind was born in Sunderland and joined the Royal Air Force as a Commissioned Officer in the Intelligence Branch after reading Law at university. During his time in the service, he initially focused on the Middle East and then specialised in cyber warfare.He later joined Barclays Bank in a Global Information Security role with stints in the Middle East and emerging markets and subsequently headed up the bank's global cyber intelligence capability.He then moved to America, leading another cyber intelligence team in his position of Vice President within a start-up cyber intelligence company that was sold in 2016.Tim is currently a Director of cyber intelligence teams located in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia/Pacific regions, who service clients globally in the public and private sectors.He lives in London and when not travelling the world for business or pleasure, enjoys reading biographies, cooking, fell walking and skiing. He is also a qualified scuba instructor and, by his own admission, a commercial aviation geek. Despite all of these activities, he is most happy when at home surrounded by friends and family.