From the day that he entered the Army Academy at Sandhurst, life had moved Nick Trevelyan into the fast lane, taking him from the pinnacle of a successful career to the depths of despair.

He is an extraordinary ex-soldier, let loose with a lethal weapon as part of his arsenal. Hunted, captured and finally recruited into MI6 by the Home Secretary in a no option deal, the British Government has a deadly recruit in agent Nick Trevelyan, who goes on to fight as only he knows how.