Three men: an Iraqi, a former coalition soldier and a journalist, drive together from Baghdad towards Fallujah as the US Marines encircle the city to take it apart. It seems the men are on a single mission to seek a recent kidnap victim, but in truth all three have very different aims in the besieged town, and each keep a dark secret from the others.

Greed, ambition - and guilt - are what separates their individual motivations, but a single miscalculation could bring an end to them all . . .

Reviews

For THE OPERATIVE:

• 'A pacy, engaging book . . . The final encounter is explosive, executed with a style that would do Bruce Willis proud' Sunday Express
• 'His novels contain even more bangs than rival Andy McNab's' Mirror
• 'Yet another enjoyable Falconer weave of thrill and action, in the rich authenticity that defines his novels' www.tangledweb.com
• For THE HOSTAGE: 'Duncan Falconer's cracking debut novel . . . Inevitably, he'll be compared to Andy McNab, but I'd say Falconer has the edge . . .' - Mail on Sunday

Hardback

Published 05/03/2007