Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles
and, like the previous novels - all of which hit the New York Times
bestseller list - showcases Jeffrey Archer's extraordinary storytelling
with his trademark twists.
It opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating
consequences for Harry and Emma Clifton, Giles Barrington and Lady
Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try
to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But
is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy?
Lady Virginia is facing bankruptcy, and can see no way out of her
financial problems, until she is introduced to the hapless Cyrus T.
Grant III from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who's in England to see his horse
run at Royal Ascot.
Sebastian Clifton is now the Chief Executive of Farthings Bank and a
workaholic, whose personal life is thrown into disarray when he falls
for Priya, a beautiful Indian girl. But her parents have already chosen
the man she is going to marry. Meanwhile, Sebastian's rivals Adrian
Sloane and Desmond Mellor are still plotting to bring him and his
chairman Hakim Bishara down, so they can take over Farthings.
Harry Clifton remains determined to get Anatoly Babakov released from a
gulag in Siberia, following the international success of his acclaimed
book, Uncle Joe. But then something unexpected happens that none of
them could have anticipated.
