A plane bound for Jordan goes down in the Caspian Sea. The only survivor: the Russian mercenary who hijacked the flight. Missing from the wreckage: a cask containing an agent of unprecedented destructive potential...Now that a carefully plotted terrorist attack is officially in motion, America is on the brink of war. But there’s one man who might be able to put a stop to it. NOTHING MATTERS EXCEPT FOR THE MISSION. Journalist Jack Hatfield has been picking up the pieces of his career ever since making an inflammatory statement about Islamic extremists. But when, from out of nowhere, he gets a tip about a dangerous conspiracy to destroy Mecca, Jack finds himself in mortal danger. Now it’s up to him and his ragtag friends on the fringes of the law-a prostitute, a clown, and a Jewish gangster among them-to put a stop to the devastating plot and face down a ruthless enemy and …or witness the collapse of the world as we know it.