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In their remarkable debut political thriller, Tom Watson, former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, and Imogen Robertson open the doors to The House, a place of ambition, hope, friendship...and betrayal. Once allies, Labour MP Owen McKenna and Conservative Minister Philip Bickford now face each other across the House of Commons as bitter enemies. Then the reappearance of a figure from their past forces them to confront the choices that led to the tragic downfall of their former housemate, Jay.

South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to Mafeking to recruit and train men for the fighting ahead.

1887, Il Cairo. Quando un'ex amante gelosa distrugge la felicità di Penrod Ballantyne e della sua fidanzata Amber, il loro sogno di costruire una famiglia svanisce. Decisa a trovare una nuova ragione per vivere, Amber parte per il Tigrè con la gemella Saffron e il marito di lei, Ryder Courtney, che ha individuato nelle montagne della zona una ricca vena d'argento.