Aborting an officially-sanctioned assassination attempt at the Houses of Parliament when he
realises who the target is, Secret Intelligence Service deniable operator Nick Stone is given
a chilling ultimatum: fly to Panama and finish the job, or Kelly, the eleven-year-old orphan
in his charge, will be killed. Stone is on the edge, struggling to pick up the pieces of his
shattered life, trying to come to terms with a heartrending decision he has made about Kelly?s
future. By the time he arrives in Panama, he is close to breaking point. And in the sweltering
Central American jungle, Stone finds himself at the centre of a lethal conspiracy involving
Colombian guerrillas, the US government and Chinese big business. At stake are hundreds of
innocent lives. He has a critically injured friend to rescue and miles of dense rainforest to
navigate. And in an explosive denouement at the Panama Canal, Nick Stone is forced to make the
toughest decision of his life?

ABOUT THE READER
Clive Mantle's theatre work includes Coming Clean, A Street Named Desire and on tour in Educating
Rita. He has been nominated for an Olivier Award and, for his performance as Lennie in Of Mice and
Men, he was joint Best Newcomer in the Plays and Players Awards. On TV, Clive is best known as
consultant Mike Barratt in Casualty and Holby City, and has guest starred in The Vicar Of Dibley
and The Robinsons.

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