When a young trooper is shot in the head at the Regiment’s renowned Killing House Nick Stone is perfectly qualified to investigate the mysterious circumstances more deeply. But less than 48 hours later a second death catapults him back into the firing line - into the telescopic sights of an unknown assassin bent on protecting a secret that could strike at the heart of the establishment. And now the clock is ticking Stone hurtles from the solitude of a remote Welsh confessional to Southern Spain in an increasingly desperate quest to uncover the truth about a chain of events that began in the darkness of an Afghan hillside and left a young man haunted by the screams of a friend the Taliban skinned alive.

Part of the The Nick Stone Series series.