"It always starts with a small lie. That's how you stop noticing the bigger ones. After his friend suspects something strange going on at the launch facility where they both work -- and then goes missing -- Martin Hepton doesn't believe the official line of 'long-term sick leave'...Refusing to stop asking questions, he leaves his old life behind, aware that someone is shadowing his every move. The only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend Jill Watson -- the only journalist who will believe his story. But neither of them can believe the puzzle they're piecing together -- or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hidden...A gripping, page-turning suspense masterclass - available in print for the first time in nearly thirty years."--Publisher.

Originally published: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990. Includes new introduction from the author.