Proof of Life

Stroud, a former war photographer, has seen things no one should have to see. He left the front line before his luck ran out. His best friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate. His car ran over an explosive device and that was the last time anyone saw him until two months ago when he was photographed in Istanbul. Stroud doesn't believe it for a second. But his old editor is paying him to go out there and prove it. Stroud's journey will take him from London, to Istanbul, to Amsterdam and Berlin on the trail of a shadow. A man who not only should be dead but may never have existed ...