New York Times best-selling author of The Last Templar Raymond Khoury is also an acclaimed screenwriter and producer known for his hit BBC series Spooks. On a typical Baghdad day in April of 2003, elite elements of the First Cavalry Division stealthily surround their objective—the cement compound of a mysterious Westerner that terrified Iraqis call Hakeem, "The Doctor." After neutralizing fierce resistance and seizing the compound, U.S. troops find haunting evidence of unspeakable experimentation—but no sign of the ghastly doctor himself.