Against the rules, Manchester DCI Rick Castle removes a prisoner from Strangeways and returns to Nepal.His aim: to bring to justice his nemesis Hant Khetan, rumoured to be the next Osama Bin Laden.When the prisoner escapes, Rick and his small team must search for him along the paths of the Everest foothills. Trekking in the shadow of snow-capped mountains and through earthquake-flattened villages, Rick becomes increasingly desperate.If they can't find him, Rick can't even begin...