Nick is an innocent stranger, working in a shop and going out with his friends - living for the weekend. On the whole an ordinary, mundane, boring life in many ways, but he's content.Myles is an ex-IRA member, now a notorious Irish gangster - feared by all the gangs in the UK and Ireland. Murder, kidnapping and extortion are his livelihood; he is not to be crossed.How could these two people and worlds possibly collide?Nick's phone rings ... 'Time's up!' is the ominous message from a deep Irish accent.Jealousy, an allegation and ultimatum, an intended execution; Nick's life has been turned upside down, but how will it play out? Can Nick survive? Or has fate already been written by a so-called chance encounter?