The severed finger of a kidnapped man is mailed to newspaper journalist Joanna Doyle, with a note claiming the victim is none other than H.R.H. Prince Charles. As she has just watched an interview with him live on television, Joanna refuses to take the note seriously. Why then the interest of the secret service? Why do they demand she relinquish the finger and note to them? Why, only hours later, is she brutally murdered? And why does the Royal Air Force dispatch a Harrier jet fighter to intercept the trawler in which the kidnap victim is being held captive?
Security expert Simon Dwyer is hired to uncover the truth from this fast-paced thriller full of intrigue and suspense. From the vastness and hostility of the Australian outback, to the medieval castle protected by 1000 feet of sheer roack and the crack troops of the 12th Scottish Regiment, every page brings another twist.