Summer 1914, on the brink of war. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley, a clever and reckless aristocrat, is embroiled in a passionate affair with Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. As Asquith hesitates to lead Britain into war with Germany, he shares the most sensitive matters of state in secret letters to Venetia.

But when a young intelligence officer is tasked with investigating a leak of top-secret documents, what seemed like a love affair quickly escalates into a national security crisis that could alter the course of history.

Seamlessly blending fact and fiction, Precipice is the thrilling new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Robert Harris. Harris, known for his page-turning storytelling and meticulous attention to historical detail, delivers another electrifying tale.