Hugh Thomas leaves No1 Radio School, RAF and joins a top secret development unit somewhere in England.Employed on projects involved with preparing the 'V' force for operations during the Cold War he gets drawn into the world of espionage.Working for MI5 but paid by the Russians he becomes a courier of secret information.Rapidly promoted he takes part in the first 'Lone Ranger' sortie into Russian airspace and is tasked with dropping the first British atomic weapon in anger. A tale of love,despair,intrigue and death. A time of growing up in a treacherous world of betrayal.