When world peace begins to cost an American arms manufacturer dear, he enlists the aid of The Society, a secret organization designed to ensure that wealth and power remain in the hands of its members. To this end they make President James Beckwith, unbeknownst to him, their puppet.
- ISBN10 0297817892
- ISBN13 9780297817895
- Publish Date 12 June 1998 (first published 10 March 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 February 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Orion Publishing Co
- Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English