When the Irish conflict threatens to spill over on to the streets of New York, and Patrick Kelly's friends are put in harm's way, he is forced to join up with a former adversary named John Waters, a commando from the elite British Special Air Service, to confront the terrorists.

 

As events spiral out of control, old loyalties are brought into question, and people are moved like pawns in a chess game where the Irish peace process hangs in the balance. Kelly finds himself unsure of who to trust any more, and now stands to lose the one thing that has brought peace to his life ... a lady known as the Black Rose.

 

Once again, French takes us on a wild ride through the dark streets of New York, and then off to the hinterlands of Ireland, the plot twisting and turning all the way.