Three tons of Saddam Hussein's gold in an unguarded warehouse in Dubai... for two of Nick Stone's closest ex-SAS comrades, it was to have been the perfect, victimless crime.

But when they're double-crossed and the robbery goes devastatingly wrong, only Stone can identify his friends' killer and track him down.

As one harrowing piece of the complex and sinister jigsaw slots into another, Stone's quest for vengeance becomes a journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy, to which he and the beautiful Russian investigative journalist with whom he has become ensnared unwittingly hold the key.