When Hazel Bannock, billionaire oil tycoon, discovers her daughter has been kidnapped by Al Qaeda pirates just off the coast of Somalia, she uses all the power at her disposal to rescue her daughter – but politics and diplomacy fail her at every turn. Her only hope is her ex-military head of security, Hector Cross, an expert in surveillance, infiltration and combat. For all Hazel’s connections and wealth, Cross is the one man who is offering to find her daughter. Hazel and Cross must work
together to bring Cayla home, but neither of them realise that the kidnappers are not merely interested in ransom – w hat they have planned is far, far worse. . . The first Hector Cross thriller