Publisher's Synopsis
The story of a young Oxford graduate with a gift for languages. He joins MI5 and is then seconded to 'The Organisation'. A clandestine operation funded through government sources from around the world which nobody would admit to. Countries have to be seen to be playing it straight, and sometimes can't get at the bad guys. This is where 'The Organisation' comes in. At the end of his last adventure 'A Higher Authority' our hero, code named Jonathan is mortified when Zan his fiance and colleague is killed. This story begins with Jonathan living on a canal boat in Amsterdam, having dropped out because of his loss. Friends from The Organisation want to help him rebuild his life and he is asked to rejoin to help find a colleague who has gone missing in Africa. Jonathan soon finds himself embroiled in the middle of a plot for world domination by a major economic power, determined to destroy its adversaries and all who stand in their way."