A second installment of a three-part tale that began with Fever and Spear finds MI6 recruit Jacques Deza discovering a dark side of his employer when Tupra, his spy-master boss, unrepentantly participates in a disturbing act of violence.[...]

"So..." Shola wagged her tail doubtfully, "if I'm a lion, why does Grogoinsist on calling me a mere mutt?" Shola is sure that her noble nature and ambitions of grandeur mean only one thing - that she is, in fact, not a dog but a lioness. To the bemusement of her long-suffering owner, Senor Grogo, s[...]