Juliet Shaw was severely injured in the attempt on their lives and is recovering in hospital. The third planned attack - having two commercial airliners collide in mid-air - is foiled by Zaf at the regional air control center but MI-5 finds itself nearly alone fighting the forces within and outside the British government who are in effect staging a coup d'etat. As the noose starts to tighten - the Home Secretary cannot get in to see the Prime Minister and Harry Pearce is arrested and detained, as is a nationally known advocate of civil liberties - Jo Portman tries to get the Prime Minister's son into London so he can tell his father what is going on. MI-6 agent Ros Myers, whose father is one of the conspirators, has been helping Adam with information but Adam detains her her in the hopes that she will throw her lot in with them.
—garykmcd