‘The dead man had not gone quietly… There was a time when I would have given everything I owned to be the one responsible for that.’ Charlie Fox will never forget the men who put a brutal end to her military career, but she vowed a long time ago she would not go looking for them. Now she doesn’t have a choice. Her boss and former lover, Sean Meyer, is missing in Iraq where one of those men was working as a private security contractor. When the man’s butchered body is discovered, Charlie fears that Sean may be pursuing a twisted vendetta on her behalf. Sean’s partner in their exclusive New York close-protection agency needs this dealt with—fast and quiet—before everything they’ve worked for is in ruins. He sends Charlie to the Middle East with very specific instructions: Find Sean Meyer and stop him. By whatever means necessary. At one time Charlie thought she knew Sean better than she knew herself, but it seems he’s turned into a violent stranger. As the trail grows more bloody, Charlie realises that unless she can get to Sean first, the hunter may soon become the hunted.