One of Egleton's earlier novels. I came upon it while killing time at a library. I read it in bits and spurts over 5 days whilst being regularly interrupted. As part of a "big Fish" defection a child of an army intelligence officer is kidnapped and treated harshly. After a plausible and exciting story line the evil doers and traitors are bought to a well deserved end. If I'd have read this as my first Clive Egleton novel I would certainly read any others I could locate. ( )