May 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany.
Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure - a desperate hunt across the country and against the clock, pursued by the police and a cunning, ruthless enemy.
Hannay's life and the security of Britain are in grave peril. Everything rests on the solution to a baffling enigma: what are the thirty-nine steps?
