One man is paid to start a war. One agent is determined to stop it.
A massacre at a Mexican heroin refinery. A freighter hijacked for its narcotics cargo. A Kosovar drug lord assassinated in cold blood. War has erupted between two global drug superpowers — and it is no accident.
DEA Agent Diane Mesi is convinced the conflict is being orchestrated by an unknown third party. But no one will listen. Marginalised by her colleagues and running out of chances, she must expose the truth alone — or watch her career and the case burn together.
Michael Larsen is the man behind the violence: an ex-soldier and mercenary hired to fuel the war until it consumes both sides. Haunted by his past, he tells himself that directing the bloodshed may yet buy him some measure of redemption.
Neither of them knows the full extent of the forces at play — or what is truly at stake. And as the violence escalates, the hunters become the hunted.
An award-winning debut thriller for readers of high-stakes international crime and conspiracy.
“A page-turner, couldn’t put it down… an amazing character called Larsen — quite chilling but brilliant. If you like thrillers it’s just terrific.” — Ferdia MacAnna, BAFTA-winning producer and author of The Last of the High Kings
Winner of a national debut novelist competition (The John Murray Show / RTÉ Guide) from over 500 entries.
