Chris and Saul were orphans, raised in a Philadelphia school for boys. Their bond of friendship was strong, and they were devoted to a mysterious man called Eliot. He visited them, brought them candy, and treated them like sons. But there was more—he trained them to be assassins.

Now, Eliot is trying desperately to have them killed. This classic espionage thriller spans the globe and decades of CIA history. It's a tale of fierce loyalty and violent betrayal, of murders coolly executed, and revenge bitterly, urgently desired.

From the master of high action, David Morrell, comes a story that changed the way spy novels were written, combining the British tradition of authentic espionage tradecraft with the American tradition of non-stop action.