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Resourceful, multilingual, and hard as nails, Rory Driscoll used to be Canberra's go-to guy when things got sticky in the Asia-Pacific. Now he is unwillingly chaperoning a motley group of whistleblowers to a meeting before The Hague committee in Darwin. Rory wants out but can't - there is a price on each of their heads. Someone is prepared to do anything to hide the dirty secrets and dirty deals that lie at the heart of Australia's oil negotiations with Timor Leste and the bloody chapter of the Indonesian occupation.Meanwhile, Detective Philip 'Cato' Kwong, WA Police Major Crime Squad, is investigating the death of a retiree found hacked to death in his suburban Perth home. The trail leads Kwong to Timor Leste where he is reunited with Driscoll, a spook from his past who has landed Kwong in hot water before. Kwong is determined to solve his murder investigation. Driscoll must work out why there is a price on his head. But the two compatriots must work together to make it back to Australia alive.