From the back cover:

"Saddam Hussein plans the invasion of Kuwait.
The deputy director of the hated East German secret police devises a survival strategy.
In the dark corridors of Whitehall, a conspiracy is hatched.

Only one man has the power to destroy them all...

One man must be silenced.

Guy Cooper - on location in Spain and due to meet up with his best friend Sam Webber - is shattered when he finds out Sam has been murdered.

Between shoots, he tries to piece together the jigsaw that will reveal Sam's killer, and is soon caught in a web of intrigue involving figures from European and Middle Eastern intelligence. What is the role of Microsat - Sam's former employers - in all this? And just who IS controlling information about the sale of missile systems to Iraq?

In search of answers, Guy Cooper races across Europe, staying only ever a step ahead of shadowy death squads. And as his nemesis, the vicious Thomas Pirch, closes in, he comes face to face with every one of his worst fears and nightmares..."