A Class of Spy
Duncan Falconer

When a British submarine gets into trouble off the Russian coast, the secrets it holds threatens to alter the course of the Cold War. Stranded on the seabed with 76 hours of air and no hope of escape, the British Secret Intelligence Service must mount an urgent rescue mission, but they lack the equipment to succeed in time. Reluctantly they look for help outside the service and turn to Fitzroy Roach, a maverick British civilian maritime engineer who might just have the answer. For Fitzroy it’s a chance for redemption and salvation; for the SIS it’s a huge operational risk. The situation is made more perilous when British Intelligence officer, Alice Chalmers, captures a Soviet spy trying to pass on details of the sub’s mission and its top-secret cargo. How much more does he know and what has he already revealed to his spy masters? The stage is set for a thrilling race against time as Alice and Fitzroy are forced to work together, unlikely allies, carrying the hopes of NATO as they try and beat the Russians to the sub to salvage the crew and secrets she carries. The Hunt for Red October meets Tinker, Tailer in this thrilling espionage drama set at the height of the Cold War when one wrong move by either side can have catastrophic consequences.