A typical Fredrick Forsyth thriller with a dying Russian Dictator, ex-pat Ukranians living in exile, a Swedish Tycoon employing a Norwegian seafarer to man his largest ever Crude Tank, Faction war in Politburo, a British Spy having a romantic relationship with an attractive Russian girl whom he meets after 20 years post Berlin Wall and to cap it all hijacking of world's largest Crude tanker. Only Fredrick Forsyth knows how to blend all this spice into a neat palatable fare for his readers. Good reading, keeps on your mental toes all the time.