What Will Be The Cost Of Protecting National Secrets?

Miss Clancy finally confronts her tormentor but in so doing, and mindful of the sad loss of several agents, she decides to leave Horizon. As Toby struggles to stabilise the secretive organisation, he is given help from two unlikely and unexpected sources. One of these is HM Government which, from time to time, engages Horizon to undertake critical operations on a covert basis. By such means, the Government can exert influence in key areas while retaining deniability, thus avoiding the consequences of any compromised missions.

A series of straightforward assignments has been completed quickly and successfully by Horizon, thereby allowing the elite force to recruit and rebuild. A similar discreet mission is taken on with undemanding requirements, albeit with the need for participation by the entire team. Just at the point where the organisation expects to be stood down, the true nature of the mission in-hand is revealed; one which hides secrets of vital importance to the nation. Moreover, it transpires that sensitive information has been insufficiently concealed and that powerful forces from countries across the globe are tasked with acquiring the data in question. A desperate struggle comes about; one which leaves human life on all sides firmly subservient to higher priorities.

Having lost his best agent and close friend, Toby is confronted by heart-rending choices in safeguarding national interests while protecting as many as he can.

"The two remaining shouted, screamed and cursed, while firing indiscriminately inside the confines of the cabin, seeing nothing but their two dead colleagues, now both slumped on the floor. He’d exhausted his clip of bullets, and only then did he see his assailant, who had pulled herself up into the upper part of the fuselage, using the luggage racks as a purchase. She moved so swiftly that he was barely able to contemplate what fate awaited him."