Publisher's Synopsis
Moscow, 1986. The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff is preparing to launch the Death Bird, an ultra-secret assault satellite. A pre-emptive measure to ensure the West could never place in orbit any satellite deemed inimical to Soviet interest... And in the technological world of espionage, treachery, betrayal and sudden death, only British secret agent David Caine and the lovely Cuban-American widow Lynda Sanchez can prevent the master spy from achieving his ends...