Last year I had a blast writing the novel Firewall, an original tie-in thriller from the world of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell – the definitive action-stealth videogame series of the 00’s, featuring covert operative Sam Fisher.
Firewall was a critical success for my publisher Aconyte Books and Ubisoft, the producers of the Splinter Cell series, not only advancing the story line for the intellectual property but also setting the stage for an upcoming Netflix animated series and a remake of the first game by Ubisoft’s Toronto studio – and as we pass Splinter Cell’s 20th anniversary I’m excited not only to talk about my next SC novel – Dragonfire, about which you can learn more here – but also a new take on Firewall’s storyline which can now be revealed…
In association with BBC Audio Drama North, an episodic radio adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Firewall will debut this week on BBC Radio 4, as part of its acclaimed Limelight drama slot. This is not just a reading or an audio book – it’s a complete dramatization with a full cast, music, effects and sound design!
From Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell universe comes a thrilling landmark adaptation from the novel by James Swallow, scripted by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Paul Cornell: veteran Fourth Echelon agent Sam Fisher has a new mission recruiting and training the next generation of Splinter Cell operatives for the National Security Agency’s covert action division. But when a lethal assassin from Fisher’s past returns from the dead on a mission of murder, he is thrust into a race against time as a sinister threat to global security is revealed…
Episode one airs at 2:15pm GMT on Friday December 2nd, and you can tune in or listen ‘live’ via the BBC Sounds app or website (registration required); the series will also be made available for download as part of the Limelight drama podcast (find it wherever you get your podcast feeds).
Comprising eight half-hour episodes adapted from my novel, Splinter Cell: Firewall is recorded in 3D binaural audio and it will be broadcast weekly throughout December and January.
The series features a great cast including Andonis Anthony (Snatch, Das Boot, Assassin’s Creed Origins) as Sam Fisher; Daisy Head (Sandman, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, Shadow & Bone) as Sarah Fisher; Will Poulter (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, The Revenant, Midsommar) as Brody Teague; Sacha Dhawan (Iron Fist, Doctor Who, 24: Live Another Day) as Charlie Cole; Mihai Arsene (FBI: International, Skyfall, Strike Back) as Dima Aslanov; Rosalie Craig (The Queen’s Gambit, 1899, Spooks) as Grim; and Riad Ritchie (Vikings: Valhalla, The Gates of Vanity, Top Dog) as Andriy Kobin.
I’m looking forward to hearing Sam, Sarah, Grim and the rest of the Fourth Echelon team take on this new medium – this will be the World’s First full-cast Splinter Cell radio show!
For more details about Splinter Cell: Firewall and links for the novel, click here; for links to the radio series, click here; to read the BBC Radio press release about the series, click here.
