International No 1 bestelling novelist`s electrifying thriller about the moral maze of man at war. Ben Tyson has a skeleton in his closet. His skeleton is about to be exposed. This secret threatens his family, his career and his very existence. A lifetime ago, Lieutenant Tyson led his troops through the dense jungle of Vietnam. Under his command, they committed atrocities on innocent civilians. Each soldier vowed never to speak of the incident again until now.