The President's fail-safe option when America is threatened is an elite group of cybernetics specialists and battle-hardened commandos who operate off the books and under governmental radar. This ultra-clandestine force called Stony Man has defeated terror on many fronts. Now they're dealing with an escalating crisis from outside the country - and a far bigger one from within...

The instability of the new government in post-war Iraq is a target for those with visions of power and glory - corrupted by madness and twisted ideology. As one of Iraq's former military elite launches a make-or-break bid to regain control of his country by nuclear force, a devastating new threat comes from across the Atlantic. From within the ranks of America's protectors and defenders, a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government appears unstoppable.