"Biff Roberts is suffering a crisis of confidence. A career of harrowing covert ops has taken its stressful toll. The CIA cannot afford to have him burn out, nor can his wife.
He heads to Israel as a vacation destination for some greatly needed R&R, much to the chagrin of his doctors and colleagues.
He and his Mossad counterpart, Phillipe Andros, immediately become embroiled in a complex international plot when they are forced to assassinate two Palestinian terrorist bombers in a Tel Aviv restaurant."