Luke Frankland - a former military intelligence officer, whose closely held personal secrets far outweigh any that he encountered in his career.
When a British bank, investing in emerging markets and hoping to help some of the world's poorest, starts haemorrhaging money, Luke Frankland is called in to find out who is to blame.
He soon finds himself in the middle of a multinational game of treachery, extortion and murder.
His home life should be his refuge, but .