Author's Note: this novel has been re-edited and revised, with one scene that some readers found particularly offensive re-written. However, please note this is a gritty thriller aimed at an adult audience, and as such is probably not suitable for readers who are easily offended.

First they destroyed his life. Then they snatched his son... Samantha Frewin-Hamilton is on holiday in Tenerife with her two young sons when one of them goes missing: kidnapped. She returns home with a sealed envelope addressed to her husband, a wealthy Cambridge professor, but it doesn't contain a ransom demand. Drummed out of the SAS before he receives his first posting, James Harris finds a brown envelope on his doormat. Inside the envelope is a graphic image from his past, the same image that led to his dishonourable discharge from the army. When he comes face-to-face with the man guilty of the atrocity depicted, he is shocked to learn he is the father of a young boy - a young boy who has been abducted. Reunited by the kidnappers, James and Samantha learn the price for their son's safe return: find the mythical Metal Library. Spurred on by the desire to rescue his son, James finds himself plunged into a desperate battle for survival, as he is compelled to join an expedition to the jungles of South America, in search of one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time...

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• Publication Date: March 18, 2012
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• Print Length: 343 Pages
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