Dan 'Spider' Shepherd's career path has always put a strain on his family. So he is far from happy to learn that MI5 is using teenagers as informants and he fears that the children are being exploited. As an undercover specialist Shepherd is tasked with protecting a 15-year-old schoolboy who is being used to gather evidence against drug dealers and a right-wing terrorist group. But when the boy's life is threatened Shepherd has no choice but to step in. And while Shepherd's problems mount up at work he has even greater problems closer to home. His son Liam has fallen foul of the Serbian Mafia and if Shepherd doesn't intervene the consequences could be fatal.

Part of the Spider Shepherd series.