A coming of age tale that is as harrowing as it is heartwarming. A story following a young boy desperate to reach the safety of Europe after escaping from war ravaged Syria. He joins the migrant trail with nothing but a promise to see him through the long hard months ahead. All the while knowingly persued by a relentless enemy.

A real page turner.

Henry Porter has produced an excellent contemporary spy novel, capturing the harrowing plight of refugees alongside the need to obtain vital intelligence from a young refugee boy who holds crucial knowledge about an impending ISIS attack in Europe.

It's essentially a chase story, but one with many twists and turns and rich characterisations of the main protagonists.

Fast moving and impactful, highly recommended.

I received this book from the publisher, but was not required to write a positive review.

Read the first chapter, wasn't engaged, thought I would give it a swerve.

Waiting for the kettle to boil, I read the second chapter.... and then the third... the fourth. "Hmmm" thought I "this is better than I first thought" and so I continued reading it.

The subject matter, immigration both legal and illegal is incidental to the story line and yet central to it as well. The author, Henry Porter, makes knowledgeable and intelligent points on the subject, without being so crass as to ram them in your face.

However, the book, the story of Naji and Paul, is everything. If that didn't work, the book wouldn't work, so it was a work.of art that it all came together in such style.

I was engrossed in the story and could not read it quickly enough whilst also trying to pace myself and make it last.

An excellent read that left this reader with a fresh perspective on the immigrants fleeing Syria and Africa.

One to read and one to talk about with friends.

An exceptionally well researched and written book that enthralled from the first page.

It tells of the search for an enterprising young refugee boy who possesses crucial knowledge about an impending ISIS attack on the European mainland.

Who will find him first? The good guys or the bad?

It is an exhilarating chase leavened with sadness at the harrowing descriptions of the plight of the refugees literally fleeing for their life.

Henry Porter has written an important book that educates as much as it entertains.

Highly recommended.

Firefly Henry Porter


Recently I have read three of these refugee based, race-against-time terrorism stories.

You know the type, there's a terrorist on the loose, so find them quick before they wreak havoc amongst the cities of Europe.

They all seem very timely, and frighteningly possible.

Henry Porter has found a unique twist for this tale.

A young refugee has witnessed a massacre. He didn't see the men who did it but he heard their voices and one of them is very distinctive.

When the boat he is in is wrecked of Greece he makes his way to a camp. Then he hears the voice again but now he's put a face to it.

The terrorist with the voice becomes aware he's been identified and must stop the young refugee from telling the European Police and Security Agencies. The boy himself is on a mission to get the truth out.

MI5 become aware of the youth and know he's on one of the refugee smuggling routes across Europe.

The race is on. Will MI6 or the Voice get to him first?

And what is the secret mission the terrorists are about to carry out?

As a rule I love this genre of story and this one is as good as any I've read recently.

Yes there is a "but" coming.

Why do all Government Officials have to be painted as the typical "Rupert" types. Why does the agent always have to be forced out of retirement, or come back from working in the private sector, just to save the world.

Today's authors do such a good job of writing stories based on the terrors of today's world and the threats that exist in it. But please let's get away from the stereo types






Pages: 400
Publisher: Quercus
Publishing date: 20th June 2018.