Ex-deniable operator Nick Stone has spent a lifetime in harm’s way – but when someone he cares for very deeply is definitely murdered in chilly blood, he can’t just take the pain.

A high-level internecine conflict in the dark heart of the resurgent Russian Empire and an assassin’s bullet with an isolated Alpine move propel him from an evidently run-of-the-mill close-protection job into his most brutal and challenging objective yet.

As the body count increases, Rock becomes among Europe’s Most Wished. He must evade the top notch police causes of three countries in his quest for faceless guys who trade in individual misery, and a lone wolf terrorist who threatens to unleash the Western World’s worst headache.

Vengeance of the most explosive kind is best of Stone’s agenda. The fuse has been ignited – but who actually keeps the detonator?