The year is 1984. "Having survived Afghanistan, Richard Brodick is now a fully qualified member of the Firm - an officer in the British Secret Intelligence Service. But what should be a proud moment, quickly turns sour. Dangerously sour. Despatched to Beirut at the height of the civil war, Brodick becomes embroiled with a mysterious Chinese operative known only as Fang. He finds himself in a new and dangerous game of double and triple agents, and double and triple crosses. Can he trust anyone, even himself?"