Dangerous meetings with underworld operators and a world on the brink of catastrophe characterize the life of Dominick Kucera, the CIA's Station Chief in the Balkan country of Kleptomadia, when he identifies a nuclear terrorist threat. His reports to Washington of the danger are met with skepticism and denial, Kucera is forced to take on not only the enemy but his own government to avert disaster. Aided by Kleptomaida's shady Commander Zero, Kucera and his team fight brain dead Washington bureaucracy, a Senator who feels snubbed, embassy politics, and larcenous and violent local officials -...