Autumn 1999. In London, preparations for a new war in Chechnya are in full swing as Islamist militants are being readied. Secret agent Paco Arraya, together with his close friend Aleksey Kudinov and SVR residency staff member Vladimir Mokhov, tries to infiltrate this network and recruit people who can lead them to the organizers.
An Egyptian intelligence officer, Algerian terrorists, a Lebanese businessman, a Chechen doctor—disparate pieces of a mosaic that begin to fall into place only when it becomes clear that the radicals are not acting without the silent backing of Britain’s special services. But at the most dangerous moment, Paco and Kudinov are kidnapped—and the investigation turns into a fight for survival.