The Gatekeeper

James Byrne''s The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated thriller in years.

A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn''t count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time.

Desmond Aloysius Limerick (¿Dez¿ to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying the sun and sitting in on the occasional gig, when the hotel he''s residing at falls under attack. A skilled team attempts to kidnap the Chief legal counsel of Triton Expeditors, a major military contractor ¿ in fact, Petra Alexandris is the daughter of the CEO ¿ but their meticulously-planned, seamlessly executed scheme runs into the figurative ''spanner-in-the-works,'' Dez himself.

After foiling the attack, and with nothing better to do, Dez agrees to help Alexandris with another problem she¿s havin