A gripping battle for vengeance from the 'best thriller writer in the world today'

Barney Crispin, a Captain in the SAS, is as tough as they come. He is sent on an urgent mission to the Afghanistan border: to destroy one of the Soviet Mi-24 helicopters, a highly sophisticated and virtually invulnerable piece of military equipment, and retrieve the hardware. In order to do so, he needs the help of the Mujahidin resistance and must first train them in the ways of stealth and sabotage.

But the guerillas he trains are ill-equipped and disorganised. Their attempt fails and several of them are killed in the process. Against orders and with only eight missiles and a local boy as his guide, Barney decides to undertake the mission alone, his own solitary battle for vengeance...

"A riveting battle of wits" - Evening Standard

"Action is what Mr Seymour does best... genuinely exciting" - The Times

"His novels read like tomorrow's papers" - Daily Express

"Not since John Le Carre has the emergence of an international suspense novelist been as stunning as that of Gerald Seymour" - Los Angeles Times

"Solid action" - Kirkus Reviews