When American Synery Corportation oil executive Kingsman Helms begs Janson to rescue his wife, Allegra, from Somali pirates, Janson and his partner Jessica Kincaid view it as the perfect opportunity to infiltrate ASC and disrupt the company's scheme to subvert independent oil-rich African countries into wholly owned ASC subsidiaries. Once on the ground, Janson and Kincaid discover that the pirates may be the least lethal threat in the violent chaos for anarchic Somalia. Is Allegra's kidnapping for real, or is she merely a pawn in her husband's machinations for control of the country? Janson and Kincaid quickly find themselves embroiled in a bewildering storm of plats and counterplots, and their fight to survive threatens to disrupt the entire region and beyond...