Peter Driscoll fue un autor británico de bestsellers cuyos thrillers internacionales definieron las décadas de 1970 y 1980. Sus obras a menudo profundizaban en intrigas internacionales complejas y tensiones políticas, caracterizadas por tramas apasionantes y observaciones agudas de la naturaleza humana. El estilo de Driscoll era una hábil mezcla de acción y profundidad psicológica, brindando a los lectores una experiencia inmersiva. Su capacidad para crear suspense y explorar dilemas morales lo convierte en una figura destacada en el género de suspense.
When Eugene Vale is unexpectedly asked to become the US Secretary of State, he becomes haunted by two frightening secrets with which he has lived since his days as a World War II hero. Brutal murders and intrigue are the result.
Mining engineer Jim Keogh is enjoying a relaxing break in Cape Town when he witnesses a sadistic policemen's violent attempt to arrest a black man.Appalled by the policeman's brutality, Keogh steps in and helps the man escape.But unknown to Keogh, the man he has helped is Shack Twala, a high-profile black rights activist recently escaped from Robben Island.With the policeman badly injured, Keogh and Twala are now both wanted men, and the regime's most lethal operatives are sent after them.As the fugitives race 900 miles to cross the border to safety, they are drawn into a conspiracy much bigger and deadlier than they realize...