It was meant a routine arms procurement trip for the IRA in Belgium - but for Liam Devlin, it all suddenly turned ugly.

His contact took him to a remote farmhouse and a meeting of some of Europe's top terrorists, and his presence was most unwelcome.

It was clear that something sensational and very secret was being planned and there was only one way that Devlin was going to leave that farmhouse alive.

And that meant compromising himself and the IRA.

But Devlin wants to stay alive and to do that he has to drop out of sight and only the British can organize that.

He tells them everything he knows about the terrorist plan and then looks forward to a quiet life.

But the Brits want their money's worth and Devlin, a ruthless assassin for the Provisional IRA, finds himself out in the field with Ballantyne, one of Britain's top anti-terrorist operatives.

And the two of them are up against one of the best-planned and most far-reaching terrorist operations ever mounted.