When veteran hit-man Joe Flood is warned that he has a terminal illness, he decides to end it all by issuing an open contract on himself via the internet. A bounty of $6 million is now on offer to every professional assassin, terrorist, mob enforcer, ex KGB cutthroat and homocidal maniac crawling the planet. The one who terminates him will get the prize, and the contest starts at midnight.
As Joe settles down to wait for his own deadline, he notices his answerphone is winking urgently. The clinic has made a terrible mistake.
Suddenly Joe is desperate to live . . . but predators are already out to get him. Last of all comes Joe's girlfriend, Maizie, determined to save the man she loves . . .
