What began as a personal odyssey has turned into a struggle for survival. Dan Track crosses the Hindu Kush and infiltrates a top-secret science complex in the Russian city of Alma Ata, where the Soviets are conducting experiments in mind control on human guinea pigs. In an eleventh-hour showdown, Track finds himself backed against the wall when his closest ally turns out to be a programmed killer with one thing on his mind--Track's death.