'The Prime Minister is missing, supposedly drowned off the coast of Portsea in Victoria. A note in a briefcase holds the key to the mystery. Dramatically, a Labor prime minister is forced from office in a double dissolution of parliament. Set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, these events, linked by treachery, manipulation and betrayal at the highest level, entwine three young men in the furnace of political power in 1960s Australia.' (Publication summary)
