Down to the Wire by Bernard Ashley

Published by Orchard Books

Price £5.99

This new Ben Maddox novel has just as tight a plot with similar moments of terror and suspense as Ten Days to Zero, but our hero finds that investigating events in Kutuliza is more life threatening then ever and not just for himself.

Ben and producer Jonny Aaranovitch find themselves chasing two stories – the emergence of a new and exciting young African football star, Muj Kal; and the tribal strife for the rich mountainous territory in northern Lansana. Both news stories intertwine, and the Zephon television team find themselves making the news as well as reporting it.