Pinned down in the suffocating silence of the Victorian Highlands, Senior Constable Brian Sortell and his Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) confront their deadliest challenge yet. An unseen sniper, Andre de Villiers - a ghost from South Africa's elite Special Task Force - has already claimed a police dog and four officers, transforming the dense bush into his personal kill zone.As the minutes bleed into an eternity, Sortell's team navigates a brutal waiting game, battling not only a precision killer who weaponizes every rule and environmental protocol, but also the agonizing internal conflicts of a divided command. With every breath a gamble and every movement a potential death sentence, their trust in each other becomes their fragile lifeline.But when an old-school Assistant Commissioner, steeped in decades of raw experience, makes a controversial call that shatters protocol, the mountain will erupt in a devastating display of authority.Discover the gripping tale of survival, the cost of sacrifice, and the clash between instinct and procedure in a standoff where old age and treachery just might defeat youth and technology.