an up-to-the-minute pacey thriller about bitcoin blockchain and cryptocurrency hacking on a global scale. sveta kovacs is a sociopathic ukrainian expert in blockchain technology with a ph.d in cryptography. her murky hacking past and many online scams have financed her bitcoin mining operation in portugal. now she has found a way to exploit a weakness in blockchain technology and if she succeeds there are billions of dollars at her disposal. the new russian cryptoruble is threatened and the gru are on kovacs's tail. ex-royal marine and anti-hero steve baldwin is still recovering from the recent loss of his wife, an mi6 officer, and is guarding kovacs as a favor to an old friend. then, suddenly, an old enemy appears in the mix after mi6 has duped the cia. but what is the terrorist's role in this? is it coincidence? geo-politics and international finance are never simple and in the new world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies the pressure points are moving. fortunes are locked up in crypto-wallets. can they be cracked? baldwin cannot move with the times, but he can fight back against those who control him and those who threaten him. he has the chance to avenge his wife's death, but he is being manipulated by mi6. again. the double-dealing multiplies as matters move to a climax in spain. who can he trust? can he stop another terrorist catastrophe? an up-to-the-minute pacey thriller!