Seven Steps to Treason

"Michael Hartland joins le Carré and Len Deighton as a master-hand." - BEST SELLERS "A stunning display of diplomatic and undercover know-how, SAS dare-devilry and global double-cross." - THE SUNDAY TIMES "Very good Indeed - a cross between le Carre without the longeurs and Adam Hall with intellect." - THE GUARDIAN "Skilful pattern of kidnap, blackmail, double and quadruple crossing - a taut tale of treachery." - PUNCH "Brilliant tale of espionage - a new master thriller writer." - WESTERN MORNING NEWS "Kept me in goggle-eyed amazement... the plot skips around like gunfire on the ricochet." - LOS ANGELES TIMES "Superior stuff - taut, well observed, original and civilized." - THE TIMES "The women are not mere decoration; they are at the heart of the action." - THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR "Suspense builds from start to finish... the author will rank alongside le Carré, Deighton, and Follett." - WEST COAST REVIEW OF BOOKS VIENNA late 1980s - violence is breaking out in strife-torn Poland. A spark that could set the Soviet prison of Eastern Europe ablaze. There are dangerous Western plans to ensure that the inevitable rising will not be a repeat of Hungary in 1956. In Moscow, faceless men and women know that Bill Cable, after years banished to diplomatic backwaters, is into something big - so big they will destroy him to get it. If they fail, this could mean the end for the Soviet Union. They've had a s...