In this full-length sequel to the novella "This Thing of Darkness," Sam Winslow has given up peace work in favor of a less dangerous life. Yet despite his promise to his wife that he would never leave home again, an urgent plea from a war-torn nation brings him back for one more adventure: delivering a secret peace overture from the President to a bloodthirsty rebel commander. But with traitors inside the government and a coup d'etat imminent, Sam finds himself trapped in rebel territory and wanted as a spy. He dreams of his wife and his home in Utah, but he'll need all his wits to make it home again.