Operative Jack Gawain is pulled out of hiatus, when a plot in the Middle East threatens to bring the Western civilization to its knees. He's reunited with Lucretia Carcosa as they return to Iraq for a search-and-destroy mission. Meanwhile on the European front, William Shanahan is assigned to Operation Death Cult, and teamed up with MI6 assassin Jessica Anderson for deployment to Iraq, in an investigation of reported chemical weapons being stockpiled by ISIL. In a non-stop rollercoaster ride careening out of tomorrow's headlines, can Shanahan and Gawain save the world one more time?