"A squad of German ex-KSK special forces soldiers kidnap three scientists from a remote UK military research station in Scotland. Also taken is a sample of a new mind-altering weapon and all the digital design data. The British government’s priority is to recover the new weapon before a foreign power can complete the research. Military intelligence suspects a Berlin-based hacker of being involved. MI6 director Fox despatches Mac and two agents to follow the lead. When the two agents and the hacker are found dead, with no trace of Mac, Fox fears a severe breach of protocol and compromised seals. So he turns to the only man he can trust outside the organization, SAS soldier Kirkland Finn.