UN surgeon Rachel Forester is based at a remote medical clinic in the Congo jungle. Violence is endemic and widespread in the area. Rachel risks her life by remaining in the turbulent area to provide medical care to an injured boy, Otis, while the rest of her team leaves. She meets a character called Anton who helps her and becomes her love interest. Just as she finally has a chance to leave, a soldier is carried into the medical camp by other members of his unit. The soldier’s health condition is so bad, he is airlifted out instead of her.

Rachel and the others are in the midst of combating militias. They have to escape through the dangerous jungle to get to the sanctuary of the nearest city.

The place is rife with corruption and criminality. Rachel and the others discover a secret mining venture involving skullduggery as well as stolen children. In horror, she realises that the mining venture has mendacious links with the UN. She fears that those people involved in the UN, who should be rescuing her, will instead try to kill her because of what she knows about the mining operation and the kidnapped children.

Things get very hairy for Rachel, Anton, and the others as they fight to make it to safety. A poisonous ex partner of hers, Christopher, becomes involved and acts in a sinister way.

This is a fast moving thriller. I really enjoyed reading it. It’s a short book and I read it in one sitting. I definitely recommend this book to others.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher Harper Collins for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.