LONDON 1990
Corrupt and intransigent Socialist Prime Minister Toby Bayldon has his finger right on the nation's pulse as it descends into anarchy. Directly manipulated by Moscow, Bayldon harbours classified information known to just one other man Alec Hillsden - a disgraced, ex-MI6 agent in Leningrad.
But Alec hates unfinished business. He wants his pound of flesh. Now he's trying to smuggle a top- secret brief past British security nets. Secrets which detail treachery and murder in the highest places - secrets explosive enough to rock the entire world. But who can he trust? And who will risk such a mission?