Andrew Magrane, a senior British SAS agent who is the victim of botched psychedelic-drug experiments, escapes from a hospital in Scotland, which he mistakenly believes to be a top-secret medical facility in Siberia, and Major Donaldson is assigned to stop Magrane's deadly missionWhen the SAS learns that Andrew Magrane, one of the victims of its botched psychochemical experiments, has escaped, it immediately assigns trouble-shooter Major Robert DOnaldson to the case. But it is too late. As the deaths mount. Donaldson desperately tries to fit together the pieces of the puzzle. Meanwhile he must try to cope with the game his superiors are playing. For they too seem to have a plan and it doesn't appear to include Donaldson...As 'Backfire' races to its conclusion. Clive Egleton reveals layers of intrigue and suspense, building the story into a classic manhunt and government conspiracy. It is a superior thriller by one of Britain's masters of suspense.