The gripping new action thriller novel from the million-copy bestselling author of the Matt Drake series<p><strong>At the root of all riches lies evil...</strong></p><p>Ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason is on a mission to rescue a friend who has been kidnapped. Meanwhile ancient coins - remnants of a Chinese casino buried for six hundred years - are starting to surface in Japan's clandestine underworld.</p><p>Mason knows the coins and kidnapping are linked. Someone has finally unearthed the long-buried ancient casino and its riches - both financial and archaeological - are now up for grabs. But hidden forces are desperate to conceal the discovery and take it for themselves kidnapping and killing to silence anyone in their path.</p><p>In a high-stakes battle to reveal the casino to the world Joe and his team race across the region from high-rise Hong Kong to Tokyo's bustling markets to the covert gambling rings of Osaka. But they are being hunted by elite forces - and it's only a matter of time before the target on their back catches up with them.</p><p>In this perilous quest for the world's oldest casino Mason must find the site before his enemies find him. But can he unearth the secrets of the gold in time?</p>