After acting on poor intelligence, officer Paul Tallis shoots a suspected terrorist in a Birmingham shopping centre. With his career over, Tallis leaves the elite firearms unit and is utterly disillusioned. A year later, Tallis is approached by a shadowy figure working for MI5.
'An achingly immediate, sensuous and psychologically acute novel about a man whose life has been suspended by the madness of American politics' - Siri Hustvedt
