259 Pages
ISBN 978-1-917120-29-6
 
From the streets of Europe to the mountains of Afghanistan, the West is fighting militant Islam. British Special Forces member Aleks Calvert applies for the SAS, but when for reasons never disclosed, disillusioned, he quits the British Army.

Yearning for action, salvation arrives as ‘Mad’ Jock Fraser, a fellow SAS recruit who has also left the Army, offers him security work. Unaware that Fraser now works for a Russian Mafia people-smuggling gang, Aleks accepts.

However, just as Fraser is identified as being the gang’s UK link, Aleks's ex-SBS brother, David, is offered a large fee for a task for which he needs four men. Urgently needing one more man, David sets Aleks up as the fall guy in a scheme to trap Fraser, who, believing Aleks to be ideal for facilitating a kidnapping, gives him his first task. Aleks quickly sees multiple weaknesses in the task’s feasibility, becomes suspicious, and, seeing an opportunity to regain his professional credibility, prepares a double-cross.

Willingly, he steps into the trap.