In a future where nuclear warheads can be hidden in a briefcase...in a world where designer plagues are held suspended in a teardrop...prepare for chaos. On an Earth where conventional armies are powerless to defend against a single assassin, the secret organization known as SPIRAL exists to fight a shadow war against fanatic and rogue states of every faith and political persuasion. Remorseless, unstoppable, of every country and none, SPIRAL's agents conduct their cover operations throughout the world in a ceaseless battle for civilization's survival. But now SPIRAL itself is under attack. And if SPIRAL falls, the world falls with it.