The fifth hostage - Terence Strong

He is a journalist who knows too much. She is his lover, a Norwegian photographer who shares his deadly secret. They are prisoners in revolution-torn Iran, and Khomeini wants them to talk. Britain is determined that they should not . . .

Their fate lies in the hands of an SAS team that must disappear into the hostile turmoil of Iran in a desperate rescue bid against the clock.

A gruelling ordeal that calls for ingenuity, sacrifice and courage in a dangerous and desolate terrain, cut off from the outside world.

The Fifth Hostage is a story of passions and loyalties tested to destruction as the sweeping shadow of fanaticism and terror darkens a nation.