James Palatine, a trained killer with a surplus of conscience, is also the inventor of the device known as Little Sister. A unique prototype, it has powers of surveillance that governments and terrorist organisations would kill for. The problem is, it's gone missing.
James is determined to retrieve it, and so is Natalya Kocharian—the arms dealer who ‘inadvertently’ sold it to a rogue dealer. But the current owner, holed up in the scorching void of the Western Sahara, won’t give in without a fight. Meanwhile MI6 will do anything to beat Palatine to the prize.
As the hunt for Little Sister goes from administrative errand to international arms race, global security hangs in the balance. Knowledge is power, after all—and no secret is safe from Little Sister. With only Natalya on his side, can Palatine take on his enemies, his demons and the dangerous power of his own invention?
