January 2011. Violence has descended upon the historic city of Cairo, the streets plunged into chaos as stones thrown by protestors are met with bullets and fire hoses from President Mubarak's soldiers. Always in the thick of things, wisecracking international news correspondent Grant Cogar quickly finds himself caught between warring political forces in the midst of a brutal fight for control of the country. Worse, a Syrian mercenary with an insatiable bloodlust and a reputation for limitless violence has Cogar locked unwaveringly in his sights. Befriending a beautiful young woman determined to see the rights of her people restored, Cogar must battle his way through a city turned upon itself to get his story and get out alive.