The head of Egypt’s State Internal Security is brutally murdered inside a Cairo café-his assailant a faceless killer known only as ‘the Palestinian.’ It’s the opening move in a chilling video game of terror that has caught the worldwide intelligence community completely off-guard, as well as the CIA converts to the one man they believe can get to the twisted roots of the looming headache shrouded in secret: a former Organization operative code-named Scorpion.

The breakneck hunt for a mastermind is leading Scorpion from the Middle East towards the dangerous underworld of the capitals of European countries. With the fate of the free globe in the hands of two well- matched adversaries there is absolutely no margin for error. But a shocking truth has been kept from the determined manhunter . and beauty can blind him to the ultimate betrayal.