About the book: year / In his apartment near the British embassy in Nicosia, Peter Templeton woke up early. He lay there for a few minutes, looking at the drawing of a staircase on his bedroom wall, made by the sun shining through the blinds. Then, with anticipation, he remembered the message he had received yesterday: a code word from Jagir, calling him to an urgent meeting. Templeton was MI6's head of station in Cyprus, and Jagir was one of his most important agents..