'The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.' Socrates Sam Buchanan has recently left the Black Watch regiment after many years of service and is trying very hard to steer his life in the right direction. This is chosen for him when he unwittingly becomes involved with a highly secretive organisation through his association with an attractive girl of Iraqi origin, Aysha Hussein. But things are far from what they seem resulting in an extremely dangerous game of cat and mouse covering several countries and where the stakes are very high. Sam Buchanan's training and intuitive abilities are tested to the full to prevent a catastrophic outcome.