Publisher's Synopsis
John Buchan was a Scottish politician, historian, and writer. Buchan served as the Governor General of Canada and he was also noted for writing propaganda for the British army during World War I. Buchan is best remembered now for being a prolific author and his most famous work, The Thirty-Nine Steps, has been adapted into film and recently was the basis of a popular British television show. The Power-House, published in 1916, is the first novel featuring the character Sir Edward Leithen. The book starts off with the mysterious disappearance of one of Leithen's friends.