Nick is a valuable commodity- a killing machine operating as an elite hitman. He is untraceable and goes to great lengths to conceal his movements. Then CI5 agents are hunting him and he goes into hiding with a new adopted family whose lives he gets involved with. His new friend Tim's life is in upheaval. A new job opportunity, a new love in his life and an acrimonious split from his wife Nancy all get entwined with the situation Nick finds himself in.He is sure it involves the shadowy Major Cropwell and all links back to the events of the Bosnian civil war, A trail of bodies ultimately ends in a dramatic showdown,.