PROLOGUE :- The Gulf War has ended ..the Allied front has emerged victorious.But, not everyone is convinced about it..In the US, George Bush has been replaced, in UK..Margaret Thatcher has been ousted by her party and in Moscow, Gorbachev has been toppled...but, Saddam Hussein and his reign of terror still looms large in Iraq.He is the sole survivor of the war and is now planning a diablical revenge.
Plot :- His Plan..to steal the Declaration of Independence and burn it in front of the entire world on the 4th of July.The price for this daring deed..$100 million.Noted Mafia King antonio Cavalli takes up Saddam’s offer and in an unbelievable coup manages to steal the Declaration of Independence and hand it over to Saddam.
Meanwhile, a young and beautiful agent of the Mossad(Israeli Secret service) called hannah is dropped into the Iraqi interest section of the Jordanian embassy.Scott Bradley, a young professor at the Yale Law college is sent by the CIA to spy on Hannah.He poses as another agent of the Mossad and joins her...only to fall in love with her..and she in turn falls in love with him.Fearing him to be a Iraqi agent , the Mossad orders Hannah to kill him.A angry Hannah poisons him only to discover that he’s not an enemy but an ally.The thought that she killed her love shatters Hannah and she breaks off all ties with the Mossad and moves to Baghdad with one aim in her mind..to assasinate Saddam.meanwhile, the Mossad arrive on time and are able to save Scott..but are unable to deliver the message to the heart-broken Hannah.
In the meantime, Scott learns the truth and also about Saddam’s theft of the declaration.In an astounding coup, he lands in Baghdad hoping to steal the Declaration once again under Saddam’s nose and bring back Hannah.But Saddam is not all that foolish.as he has one final ace under his sleeve...which leads to a shocking and explosive climax...
’Honour Among Thieves’ is a novel of intrigue and passion, of an undying love and hatred.The despotic and sadistic reign of Saddam and the plight of the people under it is violently depicted.As usual, Jeffrey Archer’s talent for Story-Telling is unmatched..