It was supposed to be just a routine assignment - nothing dangerous, nothing sticky. Just track down the famous missing Afghan Dragon - a national treasure worth in the neighbourhood of five million dollars.

But the neighbourhood was very rough. The missing dragon had become a cause célèbre, and it looked as if the Middle East had a brand new powderkeg - with Sam Durell sitting right on top of it.

Durell was not happy. Someone was using him as a patsy. Someone had betrayed him. Someone in his own team...