A series of Diplomatic hoaxes is about to bring the world to its knees and close to nuclear war. Left-Wing riots across the world of every sort seem to be materializing out of nowhere.

Daayan, a subversive faction of occultists and zealots based in a remote region of India, thought to be inexistent, "might" be responsible.

Susan Dax is asked by a friend to make some inconspicuous enquiries, to find out if there might be some truth to this sect's existence and if it does exist, are they the culprit.

In New Delhi, Susan Dax not only finds the city hot and suffocating, she finds the city hazardous for her health and dangerously uncooperative.

She must deal with a group of fanatic killers, a heroin deal, a snake pit, a crazed billionaire, a traitor and a new awesomely devastating weapon.

She navigates her way through over-zealous cult killers and a self-obsessed combat fighter, but if she dares to survive, she must follow her instincts and play her own game and watch out for . . . . . . the mark of the Cobra.