The President's fail-safe option when America is threatened is an elite group of cybernetics specialists and battle-hardened commandos who operate off the books and under governmental radar. This ultra clandestine force called Stony Man has defeated terror on many fronts.Now, they're dealing with an escalating crisis from outside the country– and a far bigger one from within….The instability of the new government in post-war Iraq is a target for those with visions of power and glory– corrupted by madness and twisted ideology. As one of Iraq's former military elite launches a make-or-break bid to regain control of his country by nuclear force, a devastating new threat comes from across the Atlantic. From within the ranks of America's protectors and defenders, a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government appears unstoppable.