Small Paperback, As New Condition, 2001, 456 pages, ISBN 978 0 00 780502 2

Whispers of Betrayal – Michael Dobbs

The nation on the brink of disaster. It’s capital city held to ransom. With moments left to live.

Colonel Peter Amadeus is an old soldier with a grievance. He wants an apology from the Prime Minister. But this Prime Minister does not believe in apologising for anything.

For Amadeus it becomes a matter of honour – and retribution. Soon London is under siege, its lifelines cut. Then his ultimatum: the Prime Minister must resign – or London will be destroyed.

Only one man stands between the capital and disaster – Tom Goodfellowe, a backbench MP who can’t even sort out his own life, let alone save the lives of others. He is a man torn between ambition, honour and love – with the fate of London slipping away through his fingers.

“Dobbs has given us a splendid diversion, one that makes it worth chucking the TV set out the window and settling down with a book.” – Sunday Express