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Giles Denison is abruptly swapped with Dr Harold Feltham Meyrick, a famed Finnish scientist, after being kidnapped from London and transported to a luxury hotel in Oslo. The shock of seeing another man’s reflection forces Giles to assume the scientist’s identity, meet his daughter, and adopt the role demanded by his captors. From Oslo he must flee to Finland and then cross into Soviet Russia, confronting danger at every turn as he attempts to escape the trap set for him.
First publish date: 1973
Genre: Adventure Fiction/Action Adventure
Authors: Desmond Bagley
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