From the acclaimed espionage writer Charles Cumming A new thriller set in the ingenious world of Box 88, the covert intelligence service operating without government oversight. ‘An enthralling and sprawling espionage epic for the ages’ David McCloskey THE PAST COMES KNOCKING Martha Raine has reappeared in Lachlan Kite’s life, and she wants a favour. Her twenty-year-old son, Max, has gone missing in Athens. At first, Lachlan thinks it’ll be a simple trace. He can use the resources of his intelligence agency, Box 88, to find the boy. THE FUTURE TURNS DEADLY But Max is embroiled in something lethal, and soon it’s not just Lachlan and Martha on his tail. Three rival intelligence agencies are hunting Max and his girlfriend across Europe, leaving blood and dust and unanswered questions in their wake. The young couple must have something worth killing for. Lachlan must be the first to find them.