‘Arms Cash’ charts Houston’s travels from Singapore to Seattle, from Harare to Kharkov and from Riyadh to Rawalpindi as a Corporate Sales foot-soldier pursuing lucrative contracts. He describes the lure of illicit ‘Arms Cash’ commissions to Companies and covert Agents alike, recalling encounters with exotic, dangerous people and contextualizing his travelers tales with accounts of major Arms corruption events. Houston reflects too on the eye-watering waste of Taxpayers cash, the institutionalized form of ‘Arms Cash’.

In ‘Arms Cash’ Houston describes a world of international travel, of clandestine meetings and deals; a world slipping beyond control. He recalls the chilling encounter in Ukraine which finally confronted, challenged and changed his hardened ‘mission-focused attitude to the Arms Trade. ‘Arms Cash is awash with traveler’s tales, covert deals and military memories, but at the beating dark heart of the book remains Arms Cash itself, the international currency of corruption.