In 1976, a U.S. SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft disappers during an illegal flight over Outer Mongolia. Neither the Mongolians, Chinese, Japanese, nor Soviets are initially able to connect the dots of intrigue. But the one surviving airman knows he must somehow elude KGB killers if he expects to stay alive. A chess game of deadly Cold War plots ensues; threatening to unmask international schemes designed to reorder Asia's balance of power