Commander Nick Hunter, from The International Force Against Terrorism (TIFAT), sits relaxing in a cafe on Cyprus, little knowing that his holiday is about to be rudely interrupted. He unwittingly finds himself involved in a MI6 operation on the island, and he is soon racing to save a group of their operatives. In a thrilling story that races across continents and takes the reader from the Suez Canal to Rosyth in Scotland and to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tunisia, and includes an exciting chase on the Venice Simplon Orient-Express, Nick Hunter and his colleagues from TIFAT desperately pursue a group of ruthless terrorists who are transporting two "dirty bombs" to Europe. Battling against both terrorists and short-sighted politicians the TIFAT force do what they do best and tackle the imminent threat to Britain and Europe posed by this deadly group of determined terrorists. This is the fifth book in the Nick Hunter / TIFAT adventure series.

In Paul Henke's TIFAT novel Retribution, Nick Hunter and his TIFAT team are drawn into the human catastrophe sweeping Africa and the Middle East. Criminal gangs of people smugglers are orchestrating the migration of many thousands of Africans and Asians into Europe, threatening the stability of that continent. The criminal gangs trade on the fear of those fleeing poverty, oppression and genocide and, in return for large sums of money, arrange illegal entry into Europe. Many who survive the journey, hoping for a safer life, are sold into slavery and the sex trade. The criminals are well connected with the upper echelons of Arab society and channel their ill-gotten gains to spread terror across Europe in the name of Islam. The TIFAT team have the task of tracing the criminal gangs and their leaders and eliminating them. For TIFAT, danger is ever-present.

Israel is under great threat from its neighbours without and traitors within... Its leaders can resort to use of nuclear weapons in self-defence but fear the catastrophe that would result. Samuel Dayan is the traitor who has orchestrated a number of atrocities in Europe and the Middle East, with blame falling on Israel. David Golightly, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister is frantically trying to prevent the threatened conflict. Nick Hunter and his TIFAT team are brought in to help and after several bloody encounters, and assistance from Ruth Golightly, a Mossad agent, the TIFAT team finally confront Dayan and his followers.