His name: Povin. The most prized and secret of all western intelligence agents and the most highly placed.For years, Povin has been passing invaluable information to the West from the very heart of the KGB. Now, with his position under threat from an ambitious subordinate. Povin demands passage out of Russian, earning his freedom with his most shattering disclosure yet a warning of an insane bid by Kremlin hawks to hijack and American AWACS, triggering a US first strike- and plunging the glob into nuclear chaos!Combining breathless high adventure and stunning insight into the intelligence world. A View From The Square places John Trenhaile firmly among the masters of the espionage novel.