Lachlan Kite should have left fieldwork behind by now. As director of covert intelligence agency Box 88, heÕs at the apex of his espionage career. But when Martha Raine Ð a woman he hasnÕt seen in twenty years Ð begs for his help, Kite finds himself back in the game, racing to avert disaster. Kite must find MarthaÕs son, Max, who vanished in Athens with his girlfriend, Yasmine. But the couple arenÕt just missing, theyÕre running for their lives. Two rival agencies are hunting them, both with orders to kill on sight. Max and Yasmine are carrying a dizzying secret, one which could pull apart the foundations of the Middle East for a generation. If Kite fails to save them, the costs Ð both personal and professional Ð will be catastrophic. ÔCharles Cumming takes the genre to a new levelÕ Financial Times ÔA fast-moving, believable spy thriller, which benefits from CummingÕs insider knowledge’ Sun