Scotland Yard and the Home Office are rife with corruption at the highest levels in this follow up to Point of Return. Political intrigue and the sexual secrets of the UK's most powerful men are interwoven into a complex plot driven by a conspiracy contrived to set MacLeod up for retribution by mobsters Ascot and McMurphy. Being in possession of mob money catches up with MacLeod and he is extradited back to the UK after he and Kyla help Natasha, a young victim of the sex trade, kick her heroin addiction at a healing center on the Cayman Islands that MacLeod funded with pilfered mob money. After learning of her benefactor's arrest, Natasha remains in London instead of returning home to Minsk and crosses paths with her former pimp.A sub-plot of reprisal and revenge against those who forced her into the world of sex trafficking counterpoints against the backdrop of MacLeod's plight.Interrogated by Scotland Yard and subsequently released back on the street, MacLeod is reunited with Kyla and Nigel Cambridge who brokers a deal that requires MacLeod to find the mob's Highland bunker to save him from going to prison. An exposé that delves into the sex trade on the seedy streets of East London, and offers a glimpse into the life of exotic call girl Justine Prothumo, reverberates all the way up to the Home Office. Vanquished is guaranteed to continue the Bond-like swagger of this gripping series and promises to keep readers on the edge of their seats and in wait of the next in the series, Highland Sanction.