Lloyd Etherege: American spy. Code name: Kingfisher. Specialty: Elimination of accused terrorists and other undesireables who hate America's mighty power around the world. Suddenly he finds himself the target of assassins, in the middle of a conspiracy that he doesn't seem to understand. The terrorists don't like him. And, as it turns out, someone higher up in the echelons of power might just want him out as well. Who's the enemy? The terrorists or his own government? Or both? Top level government and media corruption go hand in hand as the persecuted spy races through the streets of Paris accompanied by a beautiful Arab woman who has every reason to kill him, too.