An old soldier. A frightened street. A gang that picked the wrong house.

When Henry Knox is called to Kipling Street, he expects a damaged door, a scared pensioner, and another case that has slipped between police, social services, and everyone else who was supposed to help.

What he finds is George Alderson: seventy-eight years old, recently widowed, living alone with early dementia, and trying to hold on to the last pieces of his life. His home has been robbed. His wife’s jewellery has been taken. His door has been kicked in more than once. And the men responsible are coming back.

They want money. They want obedience. Most of all, they want George afraid.

Knox knows men like that.

As the threats close in and the street watches from behind curtains, Knox makes a decision that will protect George for one night and put himself on the wrong side of almost every rule that matters.

Because Kipling Street has learned to stay silent.

Henry Knox has not.

Stand To is a hard-hitting Henry Knox novella about fear, loyalty, violence, and the cost of doing the right thing the wrong way.