Who would pay a billion dollars to humiliate America? The year, 1993. The place, Washington DC. Of the adversaries in the Gulf War, the sole survivor is Saddam Hussein. And Saddam is planning a revenge so diabolical that the United States will be left with no choice but to retaliate... PRAISE FOR JEFFREY ARCHER "A fast-moving intrigue... This is the first novel I have read by Jeffrey Archer; it will not be the last" Mail on Sunday "Back in top form... Archer's imagination at its most sublime... entertaining and pacey" The Sunday Times "An extravagant romp-possibly his best" The Times