A cargo ship is apprehended by the authorities off the coast of Spain, loaded to the gunwhales with enough arms and ammunition to start a war Twenty years later, an unknown aggressor seems intent on eradicating those responsible for the treachery, one by one The last victim was brutally tortured with a Black and Decker drill, then shot through the head And NIck Stone, ex SAS, tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained, is next on the killer's list He becomes ever more enmeshed in a deadly network of betrayal, to which Stone himself unwittingly holds the key In a final confrontation, only he can stop the unthinkable and save the lives of those he holds most dear