"Mr. Deighton's touch is unfailingnever a false note. He has demonstrated
again and again that he is a master of the British espionage novel."New York Times

"Len Deighton pays attention to the details of the imagination: style, characterization, setting.
The result is handsome, believable, and atmosphere-packed."Chicago Sun-Times

Len Deighton is back with a thrilling new trilogy in the continuing saga of Bernard Samson, the
intrepid, insolent, and enigmatic agent of his previous best-selling trilogies.

After her years on the "other side," Samson's wife, Fiona, is finally back in his life. But she
knows about the affair with Gloria, and she's not taking it well. His boss warns him that his
job is on the line. His best friend, Werner, is exiled and in disgrace.

It's 1987, and the Cold War is turning to ice. "Ask no questions, Bernard," whisper the top
brass at London Central, as they struggle to avoid the fallout from the deepest scandal in the
Department's history. Everyone is grabbing for that one last shred of glory; nothing is as it
seems. And Bernard, caught between his job, his ethic, his past, and the two women he loves,
finds there is no one he can confide in, nothing to depend onexcept faith.