ace for asin b009k8rhnqin march of 2002 while the eyes of the world focused on afghanistan jack noble finds himself on the outskirts of baghdad iraq a marine in name only jack is onloan to the cia normally an integral part of the team he finds that he is nothing more than a security detail in iraqjack and his partner bear have a runin with four cia special agents over the treatment of an iraqi family within hours jack and bear are detainedall jack wanted was to finish his enlistment and move on with his life all he did was intervene and save a family from unwarranted violence at the hands of four cia agents but he soon discovers that he did far more than intervene he has placed himself dead square in the middle of a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of the us government