Robert Freegard posed as an undercover MI5 agent, kidnapping countless victims and extorting them. He evaded capture for years amidst a high-stakes manhunt until a woman who fell for him brought him to justice.

The UK is in peril. Five days before the PM is to host her first G12 summit, MI7's security is breached and every agent in the field identified and exposed. The only hope of finding the perpetrator is to bring an agent out of retirement, but with most of them either dead or close to it, the head of MI7 is left with only one choice, and his name is English.