As a SAS soldier, it was Joe Gardner's mission to eliminate the Empire's most dangerous foes in some of the most remote and desolate corners of the world. Losing was never an option. However, he now faces his toughest challenge yet: during an undercover operation in Afghanistan, Gardner loses a hand and must retire from active duty. He goes underground. But no matter how invisible he tries to become, fate seems unwilling to grant him a peaceful retirement. A call from his old comrade and war hero John Bald brings him to Rio de Janeiro. John is in trouble, caught in the boiling cauldron of the favelas. One of the brutal gangs wants his head, and without Gardner's help, he is as good as dead. What begins as a simple rescue mission quickly turns into a relentless fight for survival, stretching from the slums of Brazil to...