"Readers, meet Ryan Lock - a tough-guy hero for a new age." - Gregg Hurwitz, Sunday Times Bestseller (You're Next, The Survivor)"The pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben." - Joseph Finder, New York Times Bestseller"This is a writer, and a hero, to watch." - The Daily Mail"Like Lee Child's Jack Reacher, Lock is an ex-military policeman. Unlike Reacher, he has a job (as an elite bodyguard), a home, friends and a sense of humour. Lock's likeability contrasts with Reacher's pomposity and Black's style is supremely slick." - The Daily TelegraphFresh from a stint undercover in Pelican Bay Supermax prison in Northern California, Ryan Lock, and his business partner, former US Marine Ty Johnson, are in Los Angeles, tasked with protecting a young Hollywood actress from an abusive movie star boyfriend who refuses to accept that their relationship is over. But as Lock knows only too well, and Ty is about to learn, keeping someone safe from harm can be harder than it looks, and damage can come in unexpected forms.