Ambassadors

Keith Davis, the British ambassador to Tazbekistan, is tasked with securing a £2billion helicopter contract for the UK. Affairs are jeopardised when a British human rights activist is arrested by the regime, and faces the death penalty. Keith must face the growing pressure to prioritise human rights issues over winning arms contracts.

Minor royal Prince Mark of Bath has been invited to Tazbekistan to help the embassy win oil deals. He soon makes himself unpopular with his demands for luxury, but his arrival coincides with the escape of an outspoken dissident, who manages to find sanctuary in the embassy. The Tazbeks are furious, and with hopes of securing oil deals slipping away, the embassy must rely on the man least likely to improve relations: Prince Mark.

Anti-government rebels are disrupting the streets of the capital with gunfire and explosions. The ambassador has to make a difficult decision: should he risk his career attempting to make contact with the rebel leader or stick to his usual cautious attitude of waiting to see how events transpire? Spurred by his critics, he enters a potentially doomed mission into the heart of the Tazbek rebellion.