Three tons of Saddam Hussein's gold in an unguarded warehouse in Dubai...For two of Nick Stones closest ex-SAS comrades, it was to have been the perfect, victimless crime.

But when they're double-crossed and the robbery goes devastatingly wrong, only Stone can identify his friends killer and track him down...

As one harrowing piece of the complex and sinister jigsaw slots into another, Stones quest for vengeance becomes a journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy, to which he and the beautiful Russian investigative journalist with whom he has become ensnared unwittingly hold the key.

Ticking like a time-bomb, brimming with terror and threat, Andy McNabs latest Nick Stone adventure is a high-voltage story of corruption, cover-up and blistering suspense - the master thriller writer at his electrifying, unputdownable best.