From pig shooter in outback Queensland to specialist SAS marksman. Brought to the brink and then pulled back to make one final impossible shot to save a nation. Arraigned against him is the most powerful man in the Australian military with a vested interest in his failure. In this compelling story James Smith traces the rise of a humble outback shooter to the pinnacle of his craft. Against the backdrop of the end of the Vietnam War through the turbulent wars and terrorism of the eighties and nineties to the beginning of a new century there are many stumbles and false starts and yet master marksman Ben Thomson survives to make that one last crucial shot. What will happen if he fails?