'Sydney, Australia. The body of a young woman is found in a food court, and detective Jackie Rose is tasked to investigate. Is this a drug murder, or something else?
'Cape Town, South Africa. Another young woman falls off the radar after leaving to study in Australia. Detective Schalk Lourens, who has been wrongly accused of war crimes, decides to visit Australia and while he's there, see if he can find her.
'Schalk and Jackie join forces and, in a trail that stretches across the world, find themselves up against an enemy more powerful and depraved than they could imagine. Their own futures, and those of hundreds of others, hang in the balance. ' (Publication summary)