Cirrus@Austlit

'Ex-U.S. black ops warrior Will Slater never anticipated anything less than carnage when he made the decision to venture into war-torn Yemen. He wasn't looking for peace, hitting the road in a deliberate effort to find trouble.

'But he didn’t expect to have to call on his skill set so soon…

'A young Yemeni boy is dead, maimed by northern highland tribesmen in the Hadhramaut Valley. The act was intended to send a message to the remote mountain town of Qasam, ordering them not to interfere with the business of the tribes. Slater sets off into the mountains in pursuit of vengeance. It was supposed to be a simple act of vigilante justice, but what he uncovers spells disaster for hundreds of thousands of innocent lives…

'The boy was just the tip of the iceberg.

'From the foreboding caves of the Yemeni highlands to the bustling streets of inner-city London, Slater must fight tooth-and-nail to prevent an unspeakable horror, the likes of which the world has never seen before.' (Publication summary)

'A multi-billion dollar casino complex in Macau.
'A nine-year-old with information capable of ruining its owner.
'An ex-black operations killer looking for trouble.

'Outside the gigantic Mountain Lion Casino & Resorts, Will Slater — fresh off a brutal career as a government assassin — watches a young child get snatched off the street by an army of security.

'Acting out of instinct, he hurls himself into the fray, rescuing the girl and preventing her from a fate worse than death. She carries sensitive information capable of bringing down Peter Forrest, the billionaire owner of Mountain Lion. When Slater opts to protect the child and pursue the truth, he unravels a horrifying discovery that will unlock his deepest, darkest rage…'  (Publication summary)

'Will Slater is back.

'Aboard a luxury passenger train in the desolate Russian Far East, Slater heads for the port city of Vladivostok with a mysterious grudge. After traumatic past events, he was reluctant to return to the region, but he’s got unfinished business to attend to.

'Terrified passengers, secret police, and shadowy underworld figures are just the beginning. Upon arriving in Vladivostok he finds something wretched. Something dark and twisted and shocking. In a barren corner of the Medved Shipbuilding Plant, the largest nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world is being constructed, protected by an army of mercenaries.

'Slater sets to work digging for the truth. And what he finds puts him on a collision course with half the city. Because when the carnage reaches its apex, the consequences reveal themselves, larger and more daunting than anything he’s ever seen before.

'This time, the stakes are incomprehensible...' (Publication summary)

'Will Slater needs to lay low. With the whole U.S. government antagonised by his recent choices, he smuggles himself to rural eastern Zimbabwe and tries to keep his head down. But that was never going to happen.

'Whispers and rumours sweep across the plains — tales of a gang of psychopaths. Remnants of the old regime, cast out from the previous dictatorship. Continuing to wreak havoc. As they’ve done for the better part of two decades. They’re armed to the teeth. Their manic leader is untouchable. Invincible. They own the territory, and everyone in it.

'Slater’s seen it all before. He follows the whispers, and marches straight towards the fight. But this time, he might have met his match.

'This might just be the one that breaks him for good…' (Publication summary)

'In Budapest, Will Slater senses a whisper of the past. He follows the trail down neon-drenched alleys, and then it finds him.

'An old ally resurfaces.

'Jason King returns with devastating news.

'When Slater agrees to help get revenge, they quickly find themselves in a fight they know very little about. Because the world is changing. Technology is rapidly advancing, spiralling toward a total transformation of society. There is a new breed of terrorist — the next step in human evolution. As the truth unravels, the terror amplifies. And by the time it's over, they both find out that there is a fate far, far worse than death...

'Some doors should never be opened.'  (Publication summary)