Betrayal. Vital information painstakingly collected over decades is missing. Gone. The Colonel is a man of extraordinary intelligence, with a deep love of family, of patriotism and honor. A paradoxical and complex man given to acts of unfathomable cruelty and seduction. His swift rise to the highest levels within an impenetrable secret arm of Government has been inevitable. Until now. The initial betrayal shocks him. Then another greater betrayal, from a never suspected source, forces a life-and-death struggle for survival. Terror grips him. Will he survive? Who is the Enemy?