Assigned to U.S. Pacific Command in the wake of 9/11, Army Reserve intelligence officer Captain Chris Gates believes he has been sentenced to the backwater in the war on terrorism. But when a video tape discovered in an Al Qa’ida camp in Afghanistan reveals a plot to bomb U.S facilities in Southeast Asia, Gates is sent to work with Singapore’s intelligence services to track-down the terrorists before they can strike.

Working with Captain Jessica Ling, a street-wise Singaporean intelligence officer, Gates finds himself drawn into her obsession with capturing the mysterious Jemmah Islamiya bomb-maker known only as "Khalid”. Not until she is assigned as Gates’ control officer on a mission to rescue a wounded agent from Indonesia does he begin to realize that in the world of international terrorism, there are no allies, only interests…