Tom Norgard, a visiting Englishman, is asked to study the case which has thrown government circles into confusion. His explorations lead to a strange commune in the Gibson Desert - and to several narrow scrapes with death. But who is his enemy? Moscow ... Hanoi ... or Aboriginal revolutionaries? At every twist and turn the mystery deepens, eventually reaching the town of Alice Springs and the US satellite-tracking station nearby. There Norgard uncovers a devastating plot that threatens to set half the world ablaze. (Publisher's blurb, back cover).
