When an assassination attempt in a prison cell winds up with the wrong man dead, Lee Southern is hired to protect the real target.

The millennium is just weeks away and rumours of a complete technological meltdown have guards and prisoners on edge.

As violence simmers, tensions ignite, and Lee’s hopes of a quick mission disintegrate.

Going undercover in a prison full of killers is his most dangerous assignment yet.

‘David Whish-Wilson’s tough noir tales are among the best crime fiction being produced in Australia today.’ CANBERRA WEEKLY