It is 1940, and Mr Graham, a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert,
has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now
somebody wants him dead.
The previous night, three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his
hotel room, so, terrified, he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer
from Istanbul. As he journeys home--alongside, among others, an
entrancing French dancer, an unkempt trader, a mysterious German doctor,
and a small, brutal man in a crumpled suit--he enters a nightmarish
world where friend and foe are indistinguishable. Graham can try to run,
but he may not be able to hide for much longer....