Ex Army officer Captain Peter Wicks, now medically discharged and living in the Cotswold's with his wife Jessie, receives a mysterious offer of employment days before his 45th birthday. Accepting the well paid offer, he finds himself embroiled in a web of espionage, blackmail, arms deals and assassinations. He later finds out that it's more difficult to break free from the organization than it was to join it. How can he detach himself from the grip of 'The Major' and his organization, whilst he and his family are under threat? Will his friend at GCHQ help him to expose the man who poses a danger to him, his friends, his family and his marriage?