Convinced that Hitler and Stalin are intent on overpowering each other, British Intelligence concoct a ruthless double-cross to lure Russia and Germany into a hellish war of attrition on the Eastern Front. It will divert HitlerтАЩs wrathful Blitz and buy Britain the most precious of all commodities: time.
The plot hinges on one man, Josef Hoffman, a humble Red Cross worker in neutral Lisbon. Hoffman must go to Russia to meet Stalin and send covert communications back to the Allies using a new cipher, the Judas Code. But who is Hoffman? And where do his loyalties really lie?
тАШSkillfully mixes fact and fiction from World War II. ItтАЩs bloody goodтАЩ New York Daily News
тАШCharged with action and tension from start to finishтАЩ John Barkham Reviews
тАШFor unbearable suspense, for chapter-by-chapter fascination, nothing IтАЩve read equals this oneтАЩ Los Angeles Times
тАШA World War II тАЬwhat ifтАЭ thatтАЩs great fun. Lots of suspense and a bang-up climaxтАЩ Publishers Weekly
тАШA humdinger of a thriller ... a novel which turns history upside downтАЩ Express & Echo
тАШA grand Churchillian scheme depicted with great flair and ingenuityтАЩ The Seattle Times
тАШExcellent spy-genre fictionтАЩ UPI
тАШPlenty of actionтАЩ The New Yorker
тАШFic-fac at its most tantalising ... an extraordinary piece of fictionтАЩ Eastern Daily Press
Derek Lambert was born in 1929, and served in the RAF for two and a half years, before becoming a foreign correspondent, travelling the world to exotic locations that later inspired his novels. His travels gave him first-hand knowledge of his material and it was his authentic tales of espionage that made him a household name and bestselling author. He spent the later years of his life in Spain, where he died in 2001 at the age of 71.