"It's five years later, and Putin and Iran are driving the world towards war over the West's assistance to Ukraine and the fighting in Israel and Gaza. Mason Wright fears MI6 may try to drag him and Kelly back in as global strife continues to spread, but he's more focused on keeping his marriage and his life from falling apart under pressures of a more personal nature." When "the unthinkable comes to pass ... it's no longer a question of trying to save a marriage but one of trying to save their lives".