Former Warrant Officer Joe Gardner used to be the pride of the Regiment. Now he's a hard luck story heading for the scrapheap. But a phone call from the blue changes all that. Suddenly Gardner has a chance to go back to the frontline. His mission? Uncover a suspected terrorist sleeper cell operating deep inside America's hi-tech defence industry. Simple enough. Then Gardner's luck runs out. And there's only one man who can finish the job - his oldest friend and deadliest rival.