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Berlin Game is a 1983 spy novel by British author Len Deighton, the first book in the Game, Set and Match trilogy followed by Mexico Set and London Match. The novel introduces Bernard Samson, an MI6 intelligence officer based in London, who is tasked with extracting an aging agent from East Berlin while investigating a possible mole within the Service. Set against the late Cold War division of Berlin, the trilogy was later continued in the Hook, Line and Sinker and Faith, Hope and Charity trilogies.

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What mission sends Bernard Samson to East Berlin in Berlin Game?

Samson must help extract Brahms Four, a deeply placed British agent whose position has become dangerous. The operation forces him back into the divided city where he grew up and where his father once worked for British intelligence.

Is Berlin Game the first Bernard Samson novel?

Yes, Berlin Game opened Len Deighton's Game, Set and Match trilogy in 1983. It is followed by Mexico Set and London Match.

Does Berlin Game reveal who the mole is?

The hunt for a highly placed KGB source inside British intelligence is the novel's central mystery, and the answer directly reshapes Samson's personal life. Readers who want to avoid the major twist should not begin with Mexico Set.

Is Berlin Game connected to The Ipcress File?

Both are Len Deighton espionage novels, but Bernard Samson is not the unnamed intelligence officer associated with The Ipcress File. Berlin Game begins its own Cold War sequence, which eventually spans three linked trilogies and the prequel Winter.

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