

Discover the lost classic from iconic number one bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES
The bigger the lie, the harder the truth is to believe…



In America, a space shuttle crashes on landing, killing all but one of the crew on-board: A British man named Mike Dreyfuss, who will become vilified by the US press and protesters.

Halfway across the world, Martin Hepton, an English ground control technician watches as they lose contact with the most advanced satellite in Europe. A colleague of Hepton’s who suspects something strange is going on is signed off sick, and never comes back.


But there is much more at stake than anyone realises – and many more people on their trail than they can possibly evade…


The King of crime fiction
Rankin is a master storyteller
Ian Rankin is perhaps the best and most complex thriller writer in Britain today
Ian Rankin is a genius
Lee Child