Super-spy Paul Chavasse – British Intelligence's most maverick agent – is embroiled in an deadly double-cross, in this new revised edition of Jack Higgins' classic spy thriller.

The Chief of the Bureau has a ‘simple’ job for Paul Chavasse – slip into Albania and eliminate a double agent. Then he can take a holiday.

The innocent-sounding words are the prelude to a desperate race against time which leads Chavasse across land and sea in search of a priceless relic before it can fall into the hands of political extremists. With a diving expert and midget submarines to help him, what can go wrong?