Gavin Lyall’s amazing book “Flight from Honour” is set in the early years of modern monitoring. The protagonist of the tale is an Italian senator who turns to the British Secret Service then in its infancy for assassination protection. He also needs a way to fuel a strike in a shipyard in Trieste as well as an airplane. Those chosen for this mission have the unintentional power to alter history. This intriguing and action-packed book provides a fascinating look into the worlds of historical fiction and monitoring.