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.
Thriller
Psychological
Futuristic
Survival
Memory
Identity
Cyberpunk
Dystopian
Conspiracy
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Mystery and Thriller
Length7 hrs 18 mins
Publish dateJun 26, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue
42Chapter 37
2Part I
43Chapter 38
3Chapter 1
44Chapter 39
4Chapter 2
45Chapter 40
5Chapter 3
46Chapter 41
6Chapter 4
47Chapter 42
7Part II
48Chapter 43
8Chapter 5
49Chapter 44
9Chapter 6
50Chapter 45
10Chapter 7
51Chapter 46
11Chapter 8
52Chapter 47
12Chapter 9
53Chapter 48
13Chapter 10
54Chapter 49
14Chapter 11
55Chapter 50
15Chapter 12
56Chapter 51
16Chapter 13
57Chapter 52
17Chapter 14
58Chapter 53
18Chapter 15
59Chapter 54
19Chapter 16
60Chapter 55
20Chapter 17
61Chapter 56
21Chapter 18
62Chapter 57
22Chapter 19
63Chapter 58
23Chapter 20
64Chapter 59
24Part III
65Chapter 60
25Chapter 21
66Chapter 61
26Chapter 22
67Chapter 62
27Chapter 23
68Chapter 63
28Chapter 24
69Chapter 64
29Chapter 25
70Chapter 65
30Chapter 26
71Chapter 66
31Chapter 27
72Chapter 67
32Chapter 28
73Chapter 68
33Chapter 29
74Chapter 69
34Part IV
75Chapter 70
35Chapter 30
76Chapter 71
36Chapter 31
77Chapter 72
37Chapter 32
78Chapter 73
38Chapter 33
79Chapter 74
39Chapter 34
80Chapter 75
40Chapter 35
81Chapter 76
41Chapter 36
82Chapter 77
About the author
Sean Black
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 audiobooks by Sean Black
