A FATAL HIJACK. AN AGONISING SUICIDE. A MISSING JOURNALIST. AN UNPROFITABLE FRAUD When a whistleblower Chief Engineer is executed by pirates, Lloyd's insurance agent Henry Tolling knows his death is far from random. And it's unlikely to be the last. Because behind the scenes there's another kind of pirate: a Puppet Master who's planning to hold the world to ransom. And hunting one is a specialist business. DAMAGED. DISGRACED. DISHONEST. DEADLY. MEET GLOBAL FRAUD'S DIRTY HALF-DOZEN With the body count rising Australian former Navy Special Forces officer turned investigator Drew Rydstrom battles the Puppet Master, his unruly team and his own sexual demons, together with his beautiful, whip-smart rookie Manon Wyn Roberts in a high-tech, high-octane, high-stakes global chase. From the violent terror of Somali pirates, to the lawless emptiness of space they unravel a complex, multi-billion dollar cyber-fraud of incalculable threat, only to discover that someone has been pulling their strings all along. And Manon's first case looks like being her last. The first book in THE PUPPET MASTERS global fraud series PAYLOAD's explosive action, twisting plot and graphic violence together with an irresistible cast of characters and locations make it a gripping and assured debut which firmly establishes K D Adamson in the major league.