After nearly fifteen years of war zone deployments as a military intelligence officer with the US Special Operations Force (SOF), Sue O’Connell is now working in a world where it was unlikely that she would be shot, blown up, or captured. Officially, she now worked for the CIA. But, US and European agents and sources are dying mysteriously, and Sue’s team is suddenly on its way to Germany. As CO Jamie Schenk says, “It’s murder, Sue. A simple case of murder.”

Meanwhile, Sue’s mother, retired CIA case officer Barbara O’Connell, is at home and puzzling out a mysterious note and the key to a Swiss bank account left to her by her father-in-law, OSS commando and CIA intelligence officer Peter O’Connell Sr. She reaches out to friend and colleague Beth Parsons, former ambassador and current troubleshooter for an international insurance company. Beth offers her banking assistance in exchange for a little help with a stolen Russian icon.

Once again, the separate paths of Sue and Barbara twist and converge. Once again they find themselves targeted, obstacles to be eliminated by the Russian mercenaries known as SWORDFISH.