Sten is contracted to a private armed security company in Iraq, when he receives a call on his satellite phone from an old colleague from the Royal Marines, now owner of a large Anti-Piracy liaison contractors company. As a favour to his old mate, he leaves Iraq and goes undercover in his friends company to try and figure out why some of his employees and former Marine buddies are dying in strange circumstances. His journey takes him to Cairo, Muscat in the Oman and Sri Lanka, chasing possible people who are next on the list and creating mayhem in his wake.