Book description
The fifth book in the bestselling Dan 'Spider' Shepherd series.
Former SAS trooper turned undercover cop Dan Spider Shepherd knows there
are no easy solutions in the war against terrorism. But when a killer
starts to target pardoned IRA terrorists, Shepherd has to put his life
on the line to protect his former enemies. While he is undercover in
Belfast, a grief-stricken Saudi whose two sons died under torture in the
name of the War on Terror is planning to avenge their deaths by striking
out at two people close to Shepherd. As the Muslim assassin closes in on
his prey, Shepherd realises that the only way to save lives is to become
a killer himself. Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful
thriller writers. Before becoming a novelist he was a journalist for
more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times
, the Daily Mail
and the South China Morning Post
in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI,
shoveled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump
attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing
full time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than
ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as
London's Burning, The Knock
and the BBC's Murder in Mind
series and two of his books, The Stretch
and The Bombmaker
, were filmed for TV. You can find out more from his website, www.
stephenleather. com.
