Book description
1915. German guns are on their way to Ireland. The British government
faces its worst nightmare; insurrection at home while it struggles
with bloody stalemate on the Western Front. A British spy, Sebastian
Wolff of the new Secret Service Bureau, is given the task of hunting
down its enemies: one a traitor reviled by the society that honoured
him as a national hero; the other a German-American doctor who,
instead of healing the sick, is developing a terrifying new weapon
that he will use in the country of his birth. Wolff's mission will
take him undercover into the corridors of power in Berlin, then across
the Atlantic in a race against time to prevent the destruction of the
ships and supplies Britain so desperately needs to stave off defeat.
'Elegantly serpentine plotting and finely etched characters confirm
his place in the front rank of the new English thriller writers'
Andrew Williams wrote and directed history documentaries for the BBC. He
is the author of two bestselling non-fiction books, The Battle of the
Atlantic and D-Day to Berlin. His two acclaimed previous novels, The
Interrogator and To Kill a Tsar, are both published by John Murray.
