Who would pay a billion dollars to humiliate America? The time, 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 . . . 'A fast-moving intrigue . . . a cracking good read. 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 . . . an entertaining, pacey page-turner' Sunday Times 'Few are more famous than Archer for keeping the pages turning . . . an extravagant romp - possibly his best' The Times