Nick Stone

Andy McNab

Nick Stone, a former SAS operative turned deniable intelligence contractor, takes on a lucrative kidnapping assignment to support the vulnerable orphan in his care. When the mission spirals out of control, he is drawn into a dangerous operation involving organized crime, computer espionage, and competing international interests across the frozen landscapes of Finland and Estonia. Stripped of money, weapons, and certainty about whom he can trust, Stone must rely on his combat training, cunning, and survival instincts to rescue an ally and complete a mission with global consequences. Combining relentless action with moral ambiguity, icy atmosphere, and a deeply human portrait of a capable but fallible hero, this thriller delivers tension at every turn.

Andy McNab

Nick Stone is at his lowest point, haunted by the death of the only person he has ever loved and cut off from the few remaining ties that might keep him grounded. A chance meeting with someone from his past draws him into a seemingly straightforward mission in Baghdad—one that soon exposes a ruthless conspiracy and makes Stone a pawn in a dangerous international operation. Moving from the brutal aftermath of Bosnia to the volatile streets of Iraq, the novel delivers relentless action, moral ambiguity, and a portrait of a lone operative struggling to find purpose amid betrayal and political manipulation.