Raban discovers that two Iranian cousins have been murdered; Raban believes that Defence Concern had something to do with the killings, and recruits Cosgrave's policy adviser Alice Ross to help him

Raban finds Carolyn lying dead in her front doorway; the police arrive and suspect Raban of killing her.

Raban believes that Pugnus Dei is being funded by the Validus Group, an American private equity group and a significant global arms dealer.