Matt ‘Mace’ Mason is deployed on a deniable SAS mission in war-torn Yemen when he becomes embroiled in a hostage rescue that goes terribly wrong. Pulling at the strings of the local political scene is not only the warlord destined to become Mace’s nemesis, Gen. Ruak Shahlai, but hard-bitten American arms dealer Erica Atkins, who controls a whole international network to her advantage.   Mace has to work, unwillingly at first, with female CIA agent and Islamic scholar Redford. Together they must prevent an attack that would spark a regional war and create the largest environmental disaster the world has ever seen.   From a seventeen-year SAS veteran who operated in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global hotspots, served as a bodyguard to major celebrities, and appears on the British series , “this special forces thriller is bang on target” ( ).   “From the dramatic opening sequence to the powerful, emotional ending, Billy Billingham’s debut, , never fails to deliver. . . . Captivating insight into the clandestine world of secret operations [and] a wonderfully engaging protagonist.” —Adam Hamdy, –bestselling author of