The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland; Enigma; Archangel; Pompeii and Imperium. The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now. I should have said, `Rick, I`m sorry, this isn`t for me, I don`t like the sound of it, ` finished my drink and left. But he was such a good storyteller, Rick - I often thought he should have been the writer and I the agent - that once he`d started talking there was never any question I wouldn`t listen, and by the time he had finished, I was done for. After five books set firmly in the past, Robert Harris returns with a contemporary novel that brings the reader face to face with some of the biggest issues of our time - the result is a gripping and genuinely thrilling read.