Ex-soldier Ben Bracken has been enjoying a soujourn on the Costa del Sol, bagging unsuspecting wanted men and returning them home for the attention of the his contact at the National Crime Agency - Jeremiah Salix.
Jeremiah knows what Ben is capable of, after he brought down the dangerous berg gang in Manchester and has been more than happy with the work he has been undertaking in Spain. But now he needs Bracken for a new job.
Word has reached Jeremiah that a genetically altered version of the botulinum toxin, called Apex, is being smuggled into Britain to be auctioned off the the highest bidder. The NCA have been warned off any attempt to try to intercept Apex, but Jeremiah feels in his bones that there is something wrong about this. He is not wrong.
Bracken arrives in sleepy North Devon, just in time to extract a package from a plane that has been deliberately brought down in the sea. He has no idea what he is carrying in his pocket, but knows that he must keep it safe.
Bracken is now being hunted down, but only begins to realise the importance of what he has after recruitng the help of a young Kosovan microbiologist, who saves him from exhaustion and injury while he is on the run, but the situation is far more complex than Bracken imagines. The authorities cannot be trusted - all the way to the upper echelons of the British Government.
Bracken is going have to play along for a while, but how far will he go to ensure that Apex does not fall into the wrong hands?
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The Ben Bracken series has fast become one of my favourites. I have now read all three of the Ben Bracken books Rob Parker has written - A Wanted Man, Morte Point and The Penny Black - and have lapped up every single one.
Morte Point finds our hero drawn into a plot which is going to expose him to the most unwanted attentions of some nasty elements of the British Government, and he has never needed his abundant skills more in order to survive.
What follows is a trail of glorious mayhem from North Devon to the East Anglian countryside, via a particularly explosive episode in London - only this time, the action and thrills are bigger, much bigger, than before and so cinematic!
Bracken is forced to use his skills to the max in order to stop Apex from falling into the wrong hands and he has to make a very difficult decision at the end of the book - one which is going to make him more of a marked man than he has ever been before - and this is saying something.
The ending sets the stage nicely for the latest Ben Bracken book, The Penny Black, which is lots of fun too, ladies and gentlemen.
I highly recommend the Ben Bracken series if you love a big, bold action thriller - Bracken is uncompromising in his ways, but has a strict moral code at heart, and this makes him just the kind of hero you can attach yourself to.
Mr Parker knows I am waiting for the next installment, which he tells me is coming in December - I have been promised a copy and I cannot wait!
See my reviews for the other books in the Ben Bracken series here:
A Wanted Man (Book One)
The Penny Black (Book Three)
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