The latest action adventure thriller in the Counterstroke series opens with a new character Major Teddy Robertson–Steel fighting for survival in Africa. Mark Parnell and Katt Percival now working together for Secure Inc. are joined by Captain Libby 'Carter' Barr, now in plain clothes, well mostly, and her new partner James Wallace. They are tasked with locating and thwarting the efforts of three separate threats to the European scene that threatens the separation of the United Kingdom from the political clutches of Brussels, by using terrorism to create wealth by a group of billionaires, and the continuing presence of the Mob, bankrolled from USA. An action adventure thriller filled with romance, mystery and suspense. With the appearance of a new team, Dan and Reba, and the return of Peter Maddox, Dublo Bond and Tiny Lewis, there is action and adventure throughout as well as romance, danger and suspense. Change will happen, it just takes the right people, at the right time, in the right place. And the right determination; grit, if you will.