MI5 agents have been executed and more agents have been abducted with no terms received from the kidnappers. An MI5 analyst is missing having accessed and downloaded prohibited security data. The trial of notorious radical cleric Mullah Al-Shaqqaf collapses, his extradition falls apart. A man known to have funded ISIS, recruit fighters for Syria and coerce teenagers to martyr themselves. Again he walks free.The hunt for a nuclear warhead stolen ten years ago has led Russian intelligence to London.One man connects them all...When retired MI6 operative Alex King is contacted by the deputy director of MI5 with a proposition, he feels compelled to act. His brief is illegal, his actions unprecedented. The law and the courts have failed. Time and events are against the nation's intelligence services and the battle can no longer be fought by the rules. Britain's enemies will soon find the game has changed.As MI5 agent Caroline Darby investigates with the help of a seasoned Scotland Yard detective she soon starts to look through the elaborate misdirection and discovers the horrifying truth...Author BioA P Bateman is an Amazon #1 best selling author. Both of his novels have reached the top 4 positions in the paid top 100 categories, with The Contract Man reaching no 1.A P Bateman has previously worked as a private investigator and trained and worked in close protection with ex-military, police and special forces. He has studied karate most of his life and still enjoys training. Having trained on US SWAT ranges in the past with serving police officers gives him a unique insight into weapons and tactics which adds realism to his writing.