He is one of the world's most ruthless terrorists, codenamed Saladin.

He plans and executes devastating attacks and then, ghost-like, he disappears.

Ten years ago he blew a plane out of the sky above New York - and now he's killed dozens in a London strike.

But one of the latest victims is related to the acting head of MI5, who knows exactly who she wants on the case: Spider Shepherd.

Dean Martin, a psychologically damaged former Navy SEAL, is the only person in the world who can identify Saladin. But Martin was killed ten years ago - wasn't he?

Shepherd must find Martin and take him back to the killing fields on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Revenge on the world's most wanted terrorist is long overdue, and Shepherd is determined to be the one to deliver it . . .

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Praise for Stephen Leather

''A master of the thriller genre''

Irish Times

''As tough as British thrillers get . . . gripping''

Irish Independent

''The sheer impetus of his story-telling is damned hard to resist''

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