More than 100 years ago, inventor Nikola Tesla created a device for transferring electricity without wires. It was supposed to be his greatest triumph-but his invention spawned a nightmare. And the nightmare has returned. . .

When unusual surges of electricity are tracked emanating from the former Yugoslavia, Special Agent John Taft uncovers a conspiracy of terror led by a fanatical Serbian nationalist-and powered by a machine capable of causing apocalyptic earthquakes to strike on command.

As the terrorists fell cities at will with their earth-shattering weapon, Taft must fight a battle on dangerous ground, against an unstable foe whose greatest desire is to control the world-or destroy it.