In the heart of New York City, ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock faces his most dangerous assignment yet.
Tasked with protecting the CEO of a controversial biotech company, Lock finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse when a peaceful protest turns into a bloodbath.
As bullets fly and bodies fall, Lock must navigate a web of corporate secrets, animal rights extremists, and professional assassins to keep his client alive.
But when the stakes are raised and a child's life hangs in the balance, Lock realizes that the true enemy may be closer than he ever imagined.
With time running out and danger lurking around every corner, can he unravel the conspiracy before it's too late?
"An impressive debut novel featuring one of the finest female villains since Ian Fleming's Rosa Klebb...this is a writer, and a hero, to watch" - The Daily Mail (London)
To research his books, Sean Black has trained as a bodyguard in the UK and Eastern Europe, spent time inside America's most dangerous Supermax prison, Pelican Bay in California, undergone desert survival training in Arizona, and ventured into the tunnels under Las Vegas.
His Ryan Lock and Byron Tibor thrillers have been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portugese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.
When he’s not writing, Sean trains combat sports. In Paris in 2023 he became the only amputee to ever become a European champion in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.View all by Sean Black
