Two masters of protection, one desperate mission. And their most dangerous enemy might be themselves . . .
The Fifth Profession is the profession of executive protection, the high-tech security required by the world's most wealthy and powerful and practised by experts like Savage. He is no mere bodyguard but a state-of-the-art defender who must always be many steps ahead of the terrorists, kidnappers and murderers who threaten his clients around the globe.
Akira, a master of the samurai arts - and the most brilliant executive protector in Japan - is Savage's counterpart. Together they've pledged to protect Rachel Stone, the beautiful wife of a megalomaniac Greek tycoon who has sworn to destroy her.
But soon both Savage and Akira realise that they've become trapped in an assignment much more far-reaching than the protection of one person. Both men share a common nightmare, a set of horrifying memories, a terrifying past that never happened but is somehow inexplicably real.
