"Wow! What a page-turner. I couldn't put it down."

"This thriller has it all; well researched, full of tension and suspense."

"I can't wait for the movie to come out."

An illegal Russian satellite crashes into Outback Australia near a secret terrorist training camp and research facility, setting off a chain of events that could change the security of the world.

CIA operative, Mike Pierce, based at Pine Gap in Central Australia, one of the most important CIA spy bases outside the USA, investigates the crash site only to be confronted by KGB agents sent there to recover the very thing which made the satellite illegal. Both parties soon fall into the hands of the terrorists.

This is a fast paced story that encompasses outback life, modern technology, the intelligent services, their role in a modern society, Australian Aborigines and their way of life and the eventual clash between the most modern society and the most ancient.

EXCERPT
CHAPTER ONE.
7:30 PM; WEDNESDAY EVENING
RUSSIA

To Console Operator Second Class, Lieutenant Rubskin Stvetlananov, the small red warning light blinking and beeping in the upper right-hand corner of his control panel became the worst moment of his professional career. A second ago he had been secure in his anonymity, amidst dozens of others of similar rank, comfortably preoccupied with a Pre-Orbital checking procedure. But now the bile rose in his stomach as his nerves reacted to the increased adrenalin. Now, the situation facing him became apparent and he knew what was to come.