International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer is at the very top of his game in a story of fate and fortune redemption and revenge.

If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before or the day after he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister a popular actor an aristocrat and the youngest partner in an established firms history who is going to believe your side of the story?

Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and sent to Belmarsh prison the highest-security jail in the land from where no inmate has ever escaped.

However Spencer Craig Lawrence Davenport Gerald Payne and Toby Mortimer all underestimate Dannys determination to seek revenge and Beths relentless quest to pursue justice which ends up with all four fighting for their lives

Thus begins Jeffrey Archers most powerful novel since Kane and Abel with a cast of characters that will remain with you long after youve turned the last page.

And if that is not enough prepare for an ending that will shock even the most ardent of Archers fans.