Retired detective Jack Mawgan is about to fulfil his ambition to become a qualified paramedic when an incident involving a young Muslim found naked on a Cornish road in broad daylight draws him into the sinister world of ÔExtraordinary RenditionÕ. This campaign was run by the US security services and involved their operatives in torture in their search for information about Al QaedaÕs activities. JackÕs involvement sets off a chain of events that leads him to the depths of the African interior in pursuit of a self-proclaimed jihadist fomenting rebellion and heavily involved in the drugs trade.