The author of this spy thriller, set in the Middle East in 1989-1990, is a former Intelligence Officer with the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) who served in the region. He was trained by MI6 in London and also served for ten years in the Asian region. The story deals with powerful political forces churning away in the Middle East at a time when Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Muammar Gadaffi in Libya were at the peak of their power. Gadaffi was the ogre of his day before Osama bin Laden came to prominence as the Al Qaida leader, with the ultimate tragic ending being the 9/11 attacks...