Iran is very close to having a workable atomic bomb and that's not good for most of the world. With limited options to stop them from putting all the pieces of the puzzle together, Max Maxwell is once again pressed into service by his old army boss, Bill Hart. Max, along with a French intelligence agent he once shared a mission and a bed with head to Tehran. An elaborate ruse, several dead Iranians, a destroyed warehouse, Max in an Iranian prison, and a professor who holds the last piece of the puzzle are all that stands between Max and completing the mission...until his French companion turns the tables. It almost cost Max his life before the true reason for his being sent to Iran is revealed.