A combat-weary helicopter pilot fights to save innocents from a bloody civil war in this ?fresh and compelling? thriller(Daily Mail). Scarred by his experiences of war in the Balkans, pilot Jack Griffiths has found himself a seemingly routine job transporting supplies to a diamond mine in Sierra Leone. Soon, however, he is plunged headfirst into the crucible of a bloody civil war. In the midst of death and destruction, he must protect a group of people stranded in the middle?including Layla, a beautiful local doctor to whom he is powerfully drawn?in this rousing action thriller from the acclaimed author of Point of Impact. ?Nichol?s writing skills are first rate.? ?Daily Express