In a building just like The White House, deep inside Russia, a man is provided with top-secret CIA briefing documents, American newspapers, radio and television programmes.
His training will continue until he can think exactly like the President of the United States of America, and know how he will react in a crisis. A crisis the Kremlin has already set in motion...
Read MoreAllbeury's people are real in the sense that Greene's or Maugham's are ... a near-to-tears suspenseful climax. - The Times - H.R.F. KeatingIngenious and frightening... Allbeury's story escalates to a thrilling, agonising climax - Sunday ExpressConsiderable expertise and imaginative power - ObserverReally hair-raising... His plot continued to intrigue me long after I put down the book... events move to a gripping conclusion. - Irish Independent