Publisher's Synopsis
No one seemed to know why so many conflicts suddenly erupted and reached a point of no return, since most people in Britain had only just enjoyed their highest living standards ever. Tensions stretched into fury in London, setting almost everyone at each other's throats. Terrorism added to the chaos. Some expected an explosion of civil war. Britain's Secret Service struggled to restore order. It was at that critical moment when a young and romantic adventurer applied to join them as a confidential agent. This novel is about how he became the most audacious and successful spy in history, where he came from, and how he helped to turn Britain's secret intelligence services into MI5 and MI6 - the most effective secret services in the world. It is also about what happened to him after he suddenly vanished from the sight of Western eyes. This is a romantic story of how a nation lost its freedom and its country to the tyranny of two professional revolutionaries, and attempts by Britain's Secret Service to restore it to the Russian people by a counter-revolution led by their most heroic and audacious secret agent.
