Mallory (reluctantly) heads to South Africa to investigate as he feels he owes Donno as he struggles with his feelings about the incident and PTSD in general. He then spends his time between South Africa, America and the UK as he resolves the issues and removes a few of the opposition along the way.

Perhaps it's redemption, perhaps he's looking for revenge on the world, but suddenly Mallory has a purpose, and nothing and no one is going to stand in his way. Was also pleased to see that Ant did not fall into the male author trap of over-sexualising the female characters (e.

I ended up thoroughly enjoying this book as Mallory takes up the request from his badly injured Special Forces colleague's mother to find out what has happened to her other son. Not a genre I would normally select, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the antics of superstar Mallory who is a combo of Rambo, James Bond, and the Transporter all rolled into one. Middleton’s first foray into fiction is a decent action thriller, ticked all the right boxes for me. We follow Mallory across three continents as he races to discover the truth and save his friend's family.

Over the course of his career he has served in the Special Boat Service, the Royal Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, achieving what is known as the 'Holy Trinity' of the UK's Elite Forces. What follows is sequence of exciting twists and turns with Mallory travelling to SA to look for Scott and ending up being chased by a group of ex military men on a mission. There has been no trace of him for quite some time; it's as though he simply vanished into thin air, and naturally she, and the rest of the family, is extremely concerned for his safety and well-being but don't have any idea where to start hunting for him. Then Donno’s mother asks him for help: her other son, Scott, has gone missing in South Africa, and she wants Mallory to find him.Everything I knew about Ant though, I learnt from watching this Russel Howard interview which was enough to see that he put a lot of himself into Mallory's struggles after getting off duty.