| Not the type to shy away either from poshsurroundings or from a game with highstakes, Philis-the wisecracking super-agent hailed as "the latter-day JamesBond" by The New York Times Book Re-view--is only too happy to accept his bossPawson s invitation to join him in a gameof bridge at an exclusive club. Certain thathe stands to win o great deal of money,Philis instead suffers surprising reverses bythe end that leave him more in debt thanhe thought possible. What to do? Pawson,ever-resourceful, comes up with a solutionthat gives Philis his first taste of gainful em-ployment outside SR(2), the top-secretbranch of British intelligence. As it happens, Pawson and SR(2) owe afew favors to Simon Denny, an oil million-aire whose daughter has recently disap-peared. On the face of it, the case issimple enough: locate a college giri wholeft school without a trace. The only catchis that the best private detective agency inthe country hasn t been able to find her.Never one to confine himself to conven-tional methods, Philis is undaunted in hispursuit of Vanessa Denny. When he comeswithin an inch of losing his life, he knowshe~s on the right trail-one that lands himin the middle of a dangerous cult that hasleft terror and destruction in its wake onmore than one continent. Unless he playshis cards right this time, Philis isn t likely tocome out alive. |
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