1. DINO BULLCALF

The rooftop market at the abandoned Sherwood Designer Outlets was a bustling social gathering for the rebels, runaways and refugees who lived in Sherwood Forest. Traders travelled overnight, emerging from dense forest dragging their wares in nylon bags and backpacks as they crossed the mall’s weed-strewn car parks.

A bunch of stalls in the centre of the market sold hot food. Harsh sunlight hit Dino Bullcalf’s bald head as he strode between them, catching whiffs of shish kebab, curry, baby back ribs and stale cooking fat.

Bullcalf had been a judo champion, an elite Italian army paratrooper and most recently a man with a reputation for finding people who didn’t want to be found. But at seventy-six years old his haggard face made it easy to ignore a frame that could run 5K without breaking sweat and bench-press more than most men half his age.

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