The year is 2121 and the Earth has endured a catastrophic century of global pandemics, conflict, and climate change. All international borders are closed, and the United Kingdom is no more. There is only &lsquo;New Britain&rsquo; &mdash; a privately-run country governed by Aloysius Kroll, the enigmatic CEO of the megacorp &lsquo;Kaoteck&rsquo;.<br /><br />Gideon Rayne and the surviving members of Cobra Team have discovered Kroll&rsquo;s deception. The evil despot plans to use the Cobras and their powerful quantum armour to forge a new British Empire, and he&rsquo;s prepared to sacrifice the entire population of New Britain in the process.<br /><br />The young Cobras know they must free themselves from Kroll&rsquo;s grasp, but the all-seeing gaze of the company A.I. &lsquo;ADA&rsquo; makes escape from the Kaoteck pyramid seem impossible. To make matters worse, the presence of a mysterious new class of armour-clad warrior raises questions that just might be best left unanswered.<br /><br />It seems the echoes of the past have caught up with Gideon &mdash; and there&rsquo;s a price to be paid.<br /><br />Following directly on from the events of the bestselling &lsquo;Maelstorm &ndash; Gideon Rayne Book 1&rsquo;, Derecho is a gritty, action-packed adventure that twists and turns as it draws you into a breathless race against time in a world where tragedy is waiting around every corner and the stakes are impossibly high.