De Havik is terug! Generaal Mckenzie Hawkins, bekend uit het Shepherd Commando, heeft een nieuwe Grote Zaak: die van de Wopotami-indianen, wier land lang geleden door de bleekgezichten werd gestolen. De Havik weet de hand te leggen op een document uit 1878, waaruit blijkt, dat een groot gebied rechtens aan de Wopotami-indianen toekomt. Klein probleem: dit gebied omvat Omaha en de belangrijkste luchtmachtbasis van de Verenigde Staten.
Deep in the Hausruck Mountains of Austria there is a remote hideaway - the fortress-like nerve centre of an ominous movement, the Brotherhood of the Watch. American agent Harry Latham has penetrated the movement, but now, after three years in deep cover, he has disappeared.
Tyrell Hawthorne was a naval intelligence officer - one of the best - until the rain-swept night in Amsterdam when his wife was murdered, an innocent victim of the games spies play. Now Hawthorne has been called out of retirement for one last assignment. For he is the only man alive who can track down the world's most dangerous terrorist. Amaya Bajaratt is beautiful, elusive, deadly - and she has set in motion a chilling conspiracy that a desperate government cannot stop. With the life of the president hanging in the balance, Hawthorne must follow Amaya's serpentine trail to uncover the sinister network who exist to help this consummate killer. And Hawthorne must discover the shattering truth behind the Scorpio Illusion ...
Kriminalroman. To politifolk med speciale i japanske forhold afslører under opklaringen af et mord, at japanske koncerner bruger alle midler for at skaffe sig magten over USA's økonomi og teknologi