On his way to Europe, in the Orient Express he leaves a trail of lust, murder, revolution and intrigue, from Ostende to Constantinople. Graham Greene called this novel an entertainment, a book that adds to the ingredients of the espionage novel an eminently psychological plot.
From Paris to Ostende and Marseilles, where mercenaries are recruited; from Bern to Bruges, where financial operations are mounted; and from Germany to Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia, where weapons are bought; Forsyth returns, on an exciting literary journey, a world in which not only weapons, but those who shoot them, are sold to the best bidder.
The British secret services charge one of their agents to discover a traitor who acts within the organization. In the meantime, Britain is about to hold general elections and the Soviets claim to win the Labour Party, dominated by a left-wing faction
McCready is one of the most valuable British secret agents, a living legend after seven years leading the Department of Disinformation and Psychological Operations.
