Dr. Duncan "Mac" MacGregor, a world leader in complex brain tumor surgery, accepts an all-expense-paid invitation to take his family to South Korea. His only apparent responsibility is to lecture at an international neurosurgical conference in Seoul.

He learns the real reason for his invitation when North Korean agents kidnap him and take his family hostage. Drugged and transported to Pyongyang, he must perform secret tumor surgery on the volatile dictator of North Korea or watch his family die.

Mac's decision has world-changing consequences, releasing the threat of global atomic warfare. Pursued by a merciless assassin, he races against time to save his family and prevent nuclear meltdown.

From a palace in Pyongyang to a safe house in New England, this electrifying story delivers nonstop action. It is filled with enough plot twists to keep you up late into the night promising yourself "just one more chapter."