Hardened CIA man Jack Tyler discovers a shocking plot to trigger earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions with the aid of mislaid Russian nuclear weapons obtained on the Ukranian black market. Millions of lives are at risk unless Western powers surrender to a crazed North Korean billionaire. The crisis accelerates at breakneck speed and forces cooperation between American, Asian and European security agencies and even Britain's SAS Special Forces. The repercussions become life-changing, and in some instances, life threatening, for such diverse characters as a Japanese professor of seismology, a Ukranian prostitute and a glamorous American journalist. The world stands on the brink of disaster unless Jack Tyler and his co-opted helpers can outwit the terrorists yet in spite of the terrifying circumstances, love and romance still manage to surface and blossom. This is just the latest of Jack Tyler's missions but, without doubt, it is his most challenging ever.