The assassination fails, though just barely, and Trent Stanford, a Scotland Yard special agent, is ordered to find those responsible. At all costs. But even Trent doesn't suspect the lengths to which these men will go. Ultimately, his search will bring him face-to-face with one of the world's deadliest assassins, a lone woman who's been hired by the IRA. Her plan, which will allow her to penetrate the ring of security surrounding Thatcher, hinges on a kidnapped six-year-old Chicago boy. But she doesn't count on the boy's mother, Jessica, as she searches for her son, nor does she anticipate the alliance that forms between Jessica and Trent as they conspire to catch a killer.

In the grand tradition of Frederick Forsyth and Ken Follett, newcomer Stephen Forest has crafted an ingenious, satisfying, rocket-ride of a thriller.