The Sandbaggers

Sandbagger Two, the beautiful Laura Dickens, is assassinated on the orders of Neil Burnside, the man she loved. Twelve months later, SIS receives a top-priority secret signal and for Neil Burnside, the appalling nightmare begins again.

Burnside faces a tense war of nerves against an organization that is both politically motivated and ruthlessly dedicated when a permanent under-secretary goes missing in Brussels.

There's tension, anger and frustration for Burnside when a Malaysian flight is hijacked - and one of the passengers is Sandbagger One, Willie Caine.

Mike Wallace is working on his own behind the Iron Curtain when a highly sensitive mission becomes unexpectedly dangerous. But in a world where survival is often bought with bitter experience, Wallace still has a lot to learn.

Two unconnected events, over 4,000 miles apart, force Burnside to make a savage moral decision and compel Caine to risk his life trying to protect a man determined to flirt with death.

It's a black day for Burnside. The chief of service must be replaced, but the most likely candidate is a man with a long-standing grudge against Burnside.