When Robert Maxwell is assassinated at sea by an unknown agency, it can only be a matter of time before the dark secret at the heart of the British Establishment is exposed to the light of day.

SAS soldier Neil Slater has left the Army. While trying to make a new life for himself as a teacher, terrorists attempt the kidnap of one of his pupils. Slater intervenes, and the episode ends violently. Dismissed from the school, it seems that he is to be drawn back into the covert world.

Initially Slater resists - but violence seems to follow him around, and eventually he bows to the inevitable and allows himself to be recruited by the Cadre, a group that applies 'the rules of war' to those who threaten the internal and external security of the State.

Obviously written by someone with alot of experience in espionage. Makes for a good read.