Duncan Falconer

From 4000 metres, a hand-held ground-to-air missile will total any aircraft. From 400 metres, there'd be nothing left. So the SIS are interested when intelligence reports start filtering through of two 747s being targeted on final approach, and a suspected al-Qaeda operative in the market for hand-held missiles in Yemen. Originally published: 2011

In Afghanistan John Stratton leads a raid on a remote compound, leaving no survivors. Days later he is contacted by an old friend with a message about being hunted by an assassin. When the friend vanishes, Stratton is drawn into a desperate race to secure a missing nuclear warhead.