The last book in the Bernard Samson series, and somehow I'd been expecting a bit more, what I'm not sure. But at the end of the day the character is that of Bernard Samson, who has been progressing towards paranoia throughout the whole of the series, as he sees his life both professional and personal fall apart. The characters have the depth of all Len Deighton characters and have developed well over the course of the series, now they face the end of their world as they know it as the cold war draws to its conclusion. As with all enterprises the corporate view will rule, even if the actual truth is something different and the identified fall guy will fall on his sword even if they are not the only ones responsible and if it doesn't actually fit with the whole truth. So much for the truth will out! Good series!