When Islamic militants infiltrate a British counter-narcotics programme in Afghanistan, disaster is averted thanks to ex-SAS soldiers John Patterson & Dusty Miller. But when the aftermath of the affair threatens to topple the West's fragile Alliance with Afghanistan & expose failings within the UK's new crime-fighting agency, John & Dusty suddenly find themselves on the run. The key to clearing their name lies in Nuristan, a remote Afghan province & notorious terrorist haven. But their journey into freedom will sink them deeper into the Afghan conflict than they ever imagined.