The consequence of fear is hate. In 1957 in the Soviet Union, a nuclear explosion killed or maimed hundreds of Russians. Was it an accident, or a deliberate experiment to gain information for Soviet scientists?

          Consequence of Fear traces the lives of three men: a British intelligence officer who becomes a barrister; a German agaent parachuted into England; and a Russian boy who grows up to be an officer in the KGB. Ted Allbeury’s novel takes us from 1941, and a terrified child watching as his mother is raped, to the Olympic Games about to be held in Moscow. The struggle is for a man’s mind and a vital secret.