"Deep cover specialist Marc Portman's latest assignment is providing back-up for a French intelligence agent sent to recover a hard drive from one of the most dangerous cities on the planet: Mogadishu in Somalia. What Portman hasn't been told is that the device records secret negotiations between two leading western nations and a hardline terrorist organization responsible for killing thousands of innocent people. If made public, the scandal would have untold repercussions. When the decision is taken to abandon the talks, any 'assets' on the ground immediately become targets to be silenced. Which puts Portman at the top of the list..." --From book jacket.