The hero, Chester (Chet) Lake, is part Native American and part African-American, but a citizen of the world. He is a mature person in his fifties, not a kid. He is no stranger to danger or human nature. He uses his heritage, his background in urban planning, and his maturity to slip across borders and into and out of communities around the world, enabling him to perform international intelligence work.

Chet has the perfect background, as a city planner, to move through an urban world in which his training and mixed ethnicity are an advantage. These advantages are highlighted in this book as Chet crosses many international boundaries for the President of the United States.