In the shadow of the Afghan mountains, a covert operation hangs by a thread. Byron, a lone operative with a mysterious past, has embedded himself in a remote village. But his cover is about to be blown.
As three armed men close in under the cover of darkness, Byron realizes his time is up. With his mission in jeopardy and innocent lives at stake, he must outmaneuver his pursuers in a heart-stopping game of survival.
Caught between duty and conscience, Byron faces impossible odds in a land where trust is a luxury and death waits around every corner.
This explosive thriller takes readers on a white-knuckle journey through a world of hidden agendas, shifting allegiances, and the thin line that separates success from catastrophe.
When the dust settles, who will be left standing?
Nominated for the 2015 International Thriller Writers Award.
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
