An unknown painting by Leonardo da

Vinci hangs in the private chapel of a

Polish mansion in September 1939. Dur-

ing a dinner party over four decades

later, the painting is casually mentioned

by name--Last Judgment. An art dealer

begins to wonder.

Is Last Judgment a lost masterpiece,

or the code name of a desperate World

War lI mission, or the horrific plan of a

twisted brain to unleash unthinkable

horror on modern London--or perhaps

all three?

Involved in the dilemma is James

Ross, who was trained in Britain s elite

counterterrorist organization, the SAS.

Demobilized, he returns from Saudi

Arabia to London to face a shock that

shatters him: his brother and his brother s

wife and their children have all been

savagely murdered.

Ross had returned home to find peace.

Instead, he has to attend a funeral and

then use the skills he hoped to abandon

to find the ruthless killer.