When Sean Doyle receives his first message from Robert Neville, he has only seven hours in which to save London – and the Northern Ireland peace process – from disaster.

          Neville is an explosives expert in the British Army, but peace in the Province has ripped a hole in his life. His demands are simple: to be re-united with his daughter, Lisa. His threats are terrifying: a series of bombs to be detonated in the centre of the capital every hour until he has the girl. And Military Intelligence wants him stopped before the cease-fire is dealt a fatal blow. 

          As a member of the Counter Terrorist Unit, Doyle knows his own days are numbered by the cessation of The Troubles. He’s close to understanding Neville’s mind – closer, in fact, than it is safe to be. Forced to toy with the life of an innocent girl and trust the words of a cold-hearted assassin, Doyle must find Neville before London is reduced to rubble – and before his own violent instincts propel him towards self-destruction…