Predator

Hector Cross is rebuilding his life after the murder of his wife when the security work he accepts places him once more in the path of Johnny Congo. Congo is imprisoned on death row in the United States, but confinement has not ended his influence or his ability to organise violence beyond the prison walls. Cross wants personal revenge, while American authorities want Congo contained long enough for the sentence to be carried out. Neither side underestimates his capacity to escape.

A protection assignment aboard the oil supertanker Bannock A appears routine until warnings of terrorism prove connected to a much broader plan. Cross must defend the ship, identify compromised personnel and prevent Congo from turning industrial infrastructure into a weapon. The operation tests his judgement as much as his endurance because grief has made him willing to accept risks that would once have been unacceptable. Predator is a contemporary security thriller rather than historical fiction, combining maritime danger, prison escape and a sustained contest between two men who understand violence as both profession and identity.