In Saudi Arabia, a female archaeologist unearths an artifact that threatens the very foundation of Islam. To some, it is a discovery that must be silenced at all costs...In a secret bunker run by U.S.

Off the coast of South Korea, a young boy discovers a cave soaked in human blood.Less than a week later, everyone in his village disappears...In Saudi Arabia, a female archaeologist unearths an artifact that threatens the very foundation of Islam. To some, it is a discovery that must be silenced at all costs...In a secret bunker run by U.S. intelligence, the unthinkable has happened.While interrogating one of the world's most dangerous terrorists, an exmember of the MANIAC Special Forces squad is brutally executed. Jonathon Payne and D.J. Jones, his former commanders, offer to spearhead the investigation.They quickly realize there is more to this atrocity than terrorist reprisal--there is a plot in motion that will burn the world in the fires of a holy war...