When a spirited group of graduate students returns to Liberia after earning advanced degrees and experiencing a different form of democracy abroad, they demand change from a government steep in tradition. But when President Diggs ignores their demands, the students devise a bold plan to bring down the government. Meanwhile, the administration is in a diplomatic row with the United States , its long-standing ally, and pressure is mounting on the President.

But the administration's domestic and international blundering is just the tip of the iceberg. A team of covert operatives dispatched by the Kremlin, and operating in the Mediterranean Sea , is monitoring events closely and has contingency plans in place. After several firmly worded communiqués from Washington fail to keep the Liberian leader focused, a dark and ominous team of quiet professionals in a very secret community halfway across the globe—is unleashed—and they are on the move.