Drug Squad detective Tony Marshal, former soldier Matt Barker, and Bosnian refugee Lidija Sidranovic’s lives are entangled in an international drug and people-smuggling operation that threatens careers and lives.
They must dig deep to survive injury, imprisonment, kidnapping, and a desperate chase across Europe, with the real risk that nobody will escape unscathed.
A story in three parts, it leads one direction, then just when you think you know where it's going, it steps up and out in a totally unexpected direction before coming back at you in a dramatic conclusion.
From the streets of Civil war torn Sarajevo, to rural Hampshire, to the mountains of Macedonia, this book takes you on a journey, as it's protaganists engage in the fight of their lives.
Ken Ballantyne is from Glasgow.
He has had extensive experience working in diverse health and criminal justice roles.
He currently works for the IT division of a commonwealth government health provider.
This is his first novel and draws on his own experience and the experience of family, friends, and colleagues as well as an interest in late 20th century history.