A classic Cold War spy story from the bestselling thriller writer Derek Lambert. The Trans-Siberian Express has left Moscow carrying the most powerful, closely guarded man in the Soviet Union - and also the man who plans to kidnap him. Tension aboard the train is at a maximum. The KGB has checked and double checked. But as Vasily Yermakov, the Soviet leader, tries to sleep on the first night in his cabin, he has an uneasy feeling that something is about to go wrong. 'An exciting new development - not only of Derek Lambert's skills, but of the thriller too!' Len Deighton 'Exciting' New York Times Book Review'Hugely entertaining' Manchester Guardian'A timely and gripping thriller' Publishers Weekly'Bursting with action' Evening Standard'A taut and fast-moving thriller that reeks with authenticity' Coventry Evening Telegraph'Quite superb ... It deserves to be a best-seller' Leslie Thomas