Born on the Serbian-Bosnian border and growing up in the Balkan conflict, Goran Maric is drawn into ethnic cleansing and making money for the generals by human trafficking of local women into prostitution. However, the war is now ending and he needs a way out. Tapping into a Greek criminal network, he forges a new and savage career, blazing a trail of misery and destruction across Asia. Flight Lieutenant Dave Mitchell, the newly qualified operative in RAF intelligence, sees some of his men die in a botched operation in Iraq. He vows that never again will he send men to their deaths and teams up with a CIA operative to build an intelligence network in the Near East. Little does he know that the danger is coming from behind him.