At the height at the Cold War, deep within the fortress of Dzerzhinsky Square, a high-ranking double agent is leaking the USSR's most vital secrets to London. With his own position threatened, the ageing head of the KGB devises a desperate plan to repair the breach in security. His own special agent, codename Kyril, will pose as a defector escaping to the West, apparently taking with him not only top-secret Soviet documents, but also the identity of the mole. On a perilous journey across Europe to London, Kyril will be pursued by the secret services at East and West, but he must risk everything to stay out of their clutches until, one way or another, the traitor is finally flushed out of hiding. 'Brilliant...tremendously exciting'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A wonderfully tough and fascinating story that kept me guessing to the very end...if you liked 'Gorky Park', you'll love 'The Man Called Kyril'NEW YORK NEWSDAY 'The heir apparent to le Carr'TODAY