The brutally authentic tense and terrifying thriller from bestselling author and frontline journalist James BrabazonTotally James Bond THE TIMESEscape into a world of black ops spies and assassins. A James Bond for the 21st century EXPRESSOfficially Max McLean doesnt exist.An offthebooks assassin for the British government he operates alone.But when a routine hit goes badly wrong a cryptic note on a 100 bill prised from his targets dead fingers suggests theres more to the mission than meets the eye.Is someone from Maxs former life trying to send him a messageFrom Paris to Jerusalem and on to the frozen wastes of northwest Russia Max is forced into a desperate race for the truth with unknown enemies determined to stop him at any cost.And when the secret coded into the banknote is finally revealed only one thing is certainWith the fate of the world in his possession failure is not an option . .