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They call Charlie Muffin a traitor. He has been on the run ever since the blow-up in Berlin, when British intelligence declared him obsolete and tried to kill him. Charlie outsmarted them then, and he has done so ever since, staying one step ahead by forgoing any semblance of an even halfway normal life. Now he is alone in Hong Kong and his only protector and friend, Rupert Willoughby, is a hemisphere away. Now Rupert is in trouble. He has invested £6 million in a massive new ocean liner but the ship is destroyed by arsonists, burning completely down in a Hong Kong harbor.

Charlie Muffin has come back to England. The ex-spy, a veteran of 25 years’ service to the Crown, was last seen in Berlin, where an attempt on his life by his own organization led to international embarrassment. They had expected Charlie—a disheveled, middle-aged survivor of every double cross in the book—to die easily. Instead, he disappeared.

Harvey Jordan is no ordinary thief. A few years ago, an identity-theft scheme left him destitute, his fortune stolen and his wife gone with it. After two years in the gutter, Harvey learned who ruined him and returned the favor, stealing back his money by taking over the crook’s identity. He didn’t recover his wife, but he did find a new career.

En russisk KGB-agent, der arbejder ved den sovjetiske ambassade i Tokyo, kontakter amerikanerne med ønske om at hoppe af. Hans betingelse er, at han selv skal gå til amerikanerne, mens hans kone skal gå til englænderne, og både amerikanerne og englænderne er målløse. Men allerede da han lader sig overtale til at rejse til Japan, ved den snu Charlie Muffin, at det er for godt til at være sandt. Og alle hans værste forudanelser går i opfyldelse, da han må kæmpe for selv at overleve i den japanske hovedstad ...