Some authors just write about it. Chris Ryan has been there, done it and lived to tell the tale and this is his brand-new edge-of-your-seat thriller from the SAS hero.

Ricky is a street kid - sharp, quick and usually up to no good. When he tries to steal from the wrong people, he is saved by a mysterious man called Felix who makes Ricky a compelling offer- a flat and a hundred pounds a week. All he has to do is take lessons from Felix.

Soon Ricky finds himself learning about surveillance techniques, how to make himself invisible in a crowd and hand to hand combat. But what is this all for? Ricky has no idea until he’s given his first mission and finds his whole world turned upside down.