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, made more so when one puts a bullet through the head of the ring leader of a group of Russian soldiers. While Dillon appears at various points in the story the lead character is an ex-army intelligence officer, Major Harry Miller M.P. who holds a position of Under-Secretary of State answerable to the British prime minister.

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