Hammoud al-Addadi is a terrorist leader with headquarters in North Yemen. Motivated by an abiding hatred of the United States he establishes dozens of sleeper cells throughout the United States. At a given signal the cells will be activated simultaneously to spread terrorism. Details of sleeper cells are contained in a single notebook kept in a safe in the terrorist's headquarters in Yemen. A young female CIA operative successfully steals the note book. Escaping on a motorcycle she evades capture long enough to bury the notebook. When she continues her escape she runs into a wire almost decapitating her. Rescued by Navy Seals she is taken to a US Army hospital in Germany for reconstruction. Al-Addadi, desperate to recover the, notebook, attempts to kidnap or kill the young agent and the surgeon assigned to her care.