A global conspiracy begins in the Swiss Alps, when a teenage girl is thrown from a helicopter and her boyfriend, Ruari, is brutally abducted. Yet this is no ordinary kidnap; it is about power, not money.
Ruari's father is in possession of knowledge that can make or break leaders around the globe. When Ruari disappears, his father is left powerless while his mother turns to Harry Jones, the lover she walked out on many years ago. Those years have been filled with controversy for Harry, politician and former soldier. He;s gathered powerful admirers but also bitter adversaries, who will neither forgive nor forget. Much more than one life is at stake as the past comes back to decide who will live, and how many will not.