From "The Genesis Code" to "The Murder Artist", John Case has established himself as the master of unrelenting suspense. Now Case choreographs his most diabolically chilling novel to date, as the very fabric of civilization threatens to come apart in the hands of a brilliantly vengeful madman...Photojournalist, Mike Burke has carried his camera into every war zone and hellhole on earth - and comes back with the pictures (and battle scars) to prove it. He is flying high until, quite suddenly, he isn't. When Burke's helicopter crashes and burns in Africa, he comes away with his life but loses his heart to the woman who saves him. That's when he decides it is time to stop dancing with the devil. But a bitter twist of fate puts an end to Burke's dreams, leaving him adrift in Dublin with bittersweet memories...and no appetite for danger. But the devil isn't done with him yet.