John Wells returns in a cutting-edge novel of modern suspense from a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. After a plot against the aged monarch of Saudi Arabia is uncovered, Wells reluctantly agrees to go undercover, with the secret blessing of the CIA. But the more he learns, the more complicated things become, and soon he, too, is unsure of whom to trust, in Saudi Arabia or Washington.
In Saudi Arabia, a series of terrorist attacks has put the Kingdom on edge. King Abdullah is losing his hold, and his own secret police cannot be trusted. With nowhere to turn, the king asks for ex-CIA agent John Wells's help.

Reluctantly, and with the secret blessing of his former CIA boss, Wells begins to unravel the conspiracy, and realizes that there is more than one country at stake-because the plotters want more than the fall of a monarch. They want to start the final battle between America and Islam-with only themselves as the victors...