A Cold War assignment to Sofia turns unexpectedly into an extremely rocky ride for seasoned news agency reporter Jonathan Robson, flawed hero of Anthony Grey's first novel The German Stratagem. Covering a seemingly routine meeting of Communist leaders in the Bulgarian Communist Party Congress, Robson suddenly finds himself caught in a struggle between political factions and being manipulated by powerful forces.
Anthony Grey OBE was a British journalist and author. As a journalist for Reuters he was detained for 27 months in China from 1967 to 1969. He wrote a series of novels and non-fiction books, including several relating to his detention.