SYNOPSIS:

JASON STOUTER, a rogue former U.S. intelligence officer, is approached by a secretive group of genetic engineers who have a cure for his terminally son. But they have a special request: help them in an insidious plan involving a newly engineered virus--Codon Zero--they'd like Jason to deliver for them. How these genetic engineers plan to force peace in the Middle East is a dangerous plan only someone with Jason’s skills can pull off. "Nobody anywhere, ever, has yet discussed or suggested this approach--not even close. You won't be able to guess this, Mr. Stouter, not in a million years. And even if you did, I wouldn't acknowledge it." -- character Dr. Chance Bonnard But Jason’s old nemesis, KHALIL ZUFAR, now silently entangles himself in Jason’s life and turns the virus toward his own ends, imperiling the bizarre but effective plan for peace. Jason must outwit Zufar and enlists the help of his old friend from the FBI and two sexy but dangerous women he meets along the way Through the Florida Keys, Jackson Hole, Boston, Israel, and Jordan, Jason struggles to find out why Zufar needs to wield the deadliest weapon the Middle East has ever seen to realize his ultimate vision.