Dimensions
154 x 27 x 233mm
It begins with a daredevil raid on a house on the outskirts of Khartoum, as a special forces team flies in to rescue a kidnapped American scientist. The operation is a success - but an innocent couple are caught in the crossfire - leaving twins Samira and Yasin orphaned.
Saved from the orphanage, Samira and Yasin grow up in the Philippines in a world of wealth and privilege far from their humble roots, but the seeds of revenge, sown when they were children, are about to reap a terrible harvest. When the Asian economic crisis plunges their home into violent chaos once again, Yasin knows the time has come for retaliation.
Suddenly the world is confronted by a terrorist with a plan so audacious that it is literally defenceless against it. The only hope of stopping him lies with a man who owes his life to Yasin from that long-ago night in the Sudan - and who with Yasin's twin sister Samira must make the most difficult choice of all.
Once again Humphrey Hawksley has woven a story of high-octane suspense out of the terrifying reality behind today's headlines, drawing on more than ten years' experience as a BBC correspondent specialising in Asia.
