Through the course of this novel, the protagonist, Australia's Ambassador to the UN, learns exactly how an original and democratic solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict - a Pax UNita - can be imposed upon those whose interests are not well served by peace. The outlined solution will also ensure that the Security Council is reformed into a democratic organ of the UN, thereby ensuring a new world order based upon the rule of international law, rather than the rule of superpower self-interest.