This is the third book in the in Alexander Gray adventures, after The Far Side of Silence and Yesterday's Tears.

After three years in exile, Alexander Gray is back. The ex-Navy Seal returns with his wife, Allison, to fight an evil that dominates the United States and threatens the world. He must confront the shepherd and the Coterie, the shadowy 2000-year-old organization with the goal of nothing less than world domination. The key lies in the search for an ancient book that takes him to Norway, the Faroe Islands, and then to a small island twenty miles off Crete. Also standing between Gray and victory is the expert gun for hire known as “Uno”, a notoriously brutal killer who only needs one shot. Who will prevail in their thrilling life and death game? Can Alexander Gray and his friends find the ancient book that holds the secret that might top the shepherd and the Coterie?