A Russian Submarine has sunk in the North Sea with a full complement of ICBMs tipped with nuclear war heads, just the scenario that Iran had been waiting for.
With the aid of an Israeli defector, Iran builds a deep sea recovery vessel to recover the missiles and the war heads from the sea floor.
Sam Drake and Juliet Kruger CIA intelligence officers have been assigned the job of retrieving the war heads, and destroying the missile technology before Iran can sell or use it.
This assignment takes them through France, Israel, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan with danger and international intrigue involving the CIA and the Mossad.