With Iran on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon, the state of Israel is forced to react. In a daring raid, Israel destroys Iran's two main nuclear facilities, creating radioactive tombs and an environmental disaster. An outraged United Nations condemns the attacks while Iran swears vengeance against Israel and her chief backer: the USA.
Enter Lebanese master terrorist Imad Mugniyah who's spent the past decade picking his targets and preparing his cells for this exact moment. When the US President dispatches CIA director Irene Kennedy to the region in an attempt to avert all–out conflict, Mugniyah seizes his chance. With Kennedy's life in jeopardy, the President calls on the one man ruthless enough to counter the fanatical terrorist bent on unleashing a torrent of violence against the US. Enter Mitch Rapp, America's terrorist hunter and one man wrecking crew.
Meeting violence with violence, Rapp tracks Mugniyah across Europe to America, where they are pitted against each other in a hunt that only one of them can survive.