Skip Wentworth, former CIA agent, unexpectedly pressed into action, used agonizing, exhaustive, and comprehensive training to decipher actions in the Middle East and unravel the puzzle of states aligned against Israel. The cunning sleuth, silent and deadly, operated under the noses of the crazed enemy to uncover hidden plots. Palestine's membership in the United Nations as a sovereign state, and the threat to appropriate land once belonging to Israel, guaranteed the advent of World War III. United States President Jana Elaine White when forced to choose a side, either side, would initiate the countdown.