How much would you sacrifice to bring peace? Freedom? Love? Life? As a UN weapons inspector, it's Sam Palmer's job to disarm nuclear dictatorships. When Sam is asked to recruit a North Korean refugee, to sneak her back into the country that tortured her, and murdered her son and husband, he has no idea that nuclear war will ensue: A radical new weapon is unleashed, vastly more powerful than a conventional atomic bomb. Sam is caught in a deadly race to save the world from destruction, and rescue the woman he loves. Sam has given his whole life to the cause of peace. But he is about to discover there are others who are willing to give even more...