A threat has been made. An ultimatum delivered. Innocent people are in danger. The gripping new race-against-time thriller by the best-selling author of Relentless and The Last 10 Seconds

"More gripping than Action Man's hands" Mail on Sunday "As ever, Kernick's research is impeccable. The plotting is brilliant and makes for a tense, action-packed read" Sunday Mirror "Another Kernick cracker; he never lets you down" Sunday Sport "Kernick delivers his book like a runaway locomotive without brakes. This is another cracking read from a great author." www.crimesquad.com "Pace, pace, pace is what Simon Kernick does best." Daily Mirror

Simon Kernick is one of Britain's most exciting thriller writers. He arrived on the crime writing scene with his highly acclaimed debut novel The Business of Dying, the story of a corrupt cop moonlighting as a hitman. Simon's big breakthrough came with his novel Relentless which was the biggest selling thriller of 2007. His most recent crime thrillers include The Last Ten Seconds, The Payback and Siege. Simon talks both on and off the record to members of the Met's Special Branch and the Anti-Terrorist Branch and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency, so he gets to hear first hand what actually happens in the dark and murky underbelly of UK crime. To find out more about his thrillers, visit www.simonkernick.com; www.facebook.com/SimonKernick; www.twitter.com/simonkernick