The bearded migrant picked up in the Channel isn't an asylum seeker...
The two words he utters to HM Border Force start a chain of events that will shake Westminster to its very foundations.
Literally.
MI6 have no choice. They recall lobbyist-turned-spook Damian Beaufort, who - whether he likes it or not - is now personally entangled in a brutal hybrid waged by Russia's autocrat-president against Britain.
To succeed he must get back to his charming manipulative best. He must ride the tidal wave that is tearing up the UK's traditional political landscape - all the way to Number 10. He must kill or be killed.
Lionel Zetter is back with the sizzling sequel to his debut novel. And so is the ultimate anti-hero for our age: hard-drinking lothario Damian 'the bastard' Beaufort.
Zetter's razor-sharp and chillingly up-to-the-minute political thriller is guaranteed to set pulses racing.
