A group of terrorists hijack a plane and imprison over three hundred hostages deep in the Cambodian jungle, during a time of political terror in that country. Alex Neilson, a renegade Norwegian intelligence operative, and Major John Derwent of the British army are sent on a mission through the jungle to rescue the hostages. Target Zero combines the literary flair of Hemingway, with the story writing skills of MacLean, to produce an action adventure of the highest order.