In this explosive thriller from #1 New York TimesтАУbestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone BarringtonтАЩs newest foe has a short fuse...and itтАЩs just been lit.
Stone Barrington is enjoying a boating excursion off the Maine coast when a chance encounter leaves him somewhat the worse for wear. Always able to find the silver lining in even the unhappiest circumstances, Stone is pleased to discover that the authors of his misfortune are, in fact, members of a prestigious family who present a unique business opportunity, and who require a man of StoneтАЩs skills to overcome a sticky situation of their own.
The acquaintance is fortuitous indeed, for as it turns out, Stone and his new friends have an enemy in common. HeтАЩs the sort of man who prefers force to finesse, and who regards any professional defeat as a personal and intolerable insult. And when StoneтАЩs sly cunning collides with his adversaryтАЩs hair-trigger-temper, the results are sure to be explosive...