"Cal Shepard and the Critical Response Team are off to the remote wilderness of eastern Namibia to retrieve a downed Russian satellite. Only this is no ordinary satellite...it’s equipped with a weaponized EMP device that the Kremlin wants back at any cost. Just before reaching the crash site, the EMP is activated by a tribal militant in the Kalahari Desert, rendering all of CRT’s tech, comms, and their link to Perseus useless. Now, their only chance is to trek north across the open desert to the small town of Nema near the Angolan border."