A massive power cut hits London and Jack Sanderson is called unexpectedly to a COBRA meeting. There the Prime Minister tells the Committee about a warning she has received that climate activists will close down the national electricity grid - unless she starts taking steps within the next two weeks to reverse climate change. Soon though, he's desperately trying to prove blackmail, murder and cyber terrorism by a rich businessman with Russian connections. Can he do it in time to prevent another major power outage? Read on?.

This is the fifth in the Jack Sanderson series of political thrillers, set a few years in the future, which also include The Double Conspiracy, Traitor in our Midst, The Dirty Bomb Affair and The Drone Attack.