Commander Nick Hunter, from The International Force Against Terrorism (TIFAT), sits relaxing in a café on Cyprus, little knowing that his holiday is about to be rudely interrupted. He unwittingly finds himself involved in a MI6 operation on the island, and he is soon racing to save a group of their operatives. In a thrilling story that races across continents and takes the reader from the Suez Canal to Rosyth in Scotland and to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tunisia, and includes an exciting chase on the Venice Simplon Orient-Express, Nick Hunter and his colleagues from TIFAT desperately pursue a group of ruthless terrorists who are transporting two "dirty bombs" to Europe. Battling against both terrorists and short-sighted politicians the TIFAT force do what they do best and tackle the imminent threat to Britain and Europe posed by this deadly group of determined terrorists. This is the fifth book in the Nick Hunter / TIFAT adventure series.