"Smear" picks up where "Black Gold" left off. Still in the Middle East, Agent J. Jones is literally stuck between a rock and a hard place. The once asset turned sabatuer, Dawud El-Hashem has ordered one of his deadly assassins to take Jones out by any means necessary. With the lives of several agents on his secret team in jeopardy, Jones must stop El-Hashem from killing his fellow agents or succumb to the sands of the Empty Quarter. Will he survive? Only time will tell.