An up-to-the-minute (and beyond) thriller setting a ruthless psychopathic Serbian female terrorist against an ex-Royal Marine and an Australian gold mining oligarch. Set in the context of the politically volatile Red Sea region and reflecting the revolutionary changes sweeping the region, political expediency with high level betrayal in Government and the Intelligence Services culminates in naval and aerial confrontation between NATO and Israel on one side, and China and the Yemen on the other. The emergence of China as a financial, industrial and military superpower is a key theme, with gritty and realistic action from Alaska to Australia, Britain to Djibouti.