Tribal warlords or international warmongers, insurgents or terrorists, rebels or elected politicians the only real differences are scale, ideology, and how close they get to the action.
As western governments manipulate their War on Terror, individuals the world over respond in different ways to the fear being generated depending on whether they are fearful of the message, or the messenger.
Attacks by terrorist groups in the Middle-East, the USA and Europe have half the world on alert.
An assassin targets mid-level politicians in three countries.
Commander Gideon's retrieval team rescue Australians from hostile foreign territories. American reporter Scott Dreher uncovers an explosive story with global ramifications.
The SAS and the CIA keep tabs on a known terrorist in Pakistan.
When these seemingly-unrelated incidents point to the singular manipulations of a mysterious organisation with no common political or religious affiliations, Gideon and Dreher join forces to avert an international disaster.