[1] Published in 2004 by Hodder & Stoughton, it is the first book in the Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd series.

[3] He learned about the high security accommodations, daily regimes, and the special supervision processes for disruptive inmates.

[3] In 2004, Hodder & Stoughton published the original version of the novel in hardback and paperback.

[1] Hard Landing is about an elite undercover cop, Dan ‘Spider’ Shepherd, assigned to foil an imprisoned, ruthless UK drug dealer, Gerald Carpenter, who has threatened witnesses, destroyed evidence, and murdered police to regain his freedom.

[1][2][3] Shepherd goes undercover in a high-security prison to learn how Carpenter is orchestrating his plans through contacts around the world.