Power-hungry oilman Pavel Kazakov has an audacious plan to restore Russia to glory by building a pipeline through the Balkans, backed by the Russian army. But Kazakov hasn't reckoned with Patrick McLanahan, the US Air Force genera/ who is determined to stop him. When McLanahan is sent on a mission deep into Russia, events spiral out of control and soon he must decide whether to obey his isolationist new President - or to follow his instincts and create havoc...

Power-hungry oilman Pavel Kazakov has an audacious plan to restore Russia to glory by building a pipeline through the Balkans, backed by the Russian army. But Kazakov hasn"t reckoned with Patrick McLanahan, the US Air Force genera/ who is determined to stop him. When McLanahan is sent on a mission deep into Russia, events spiral out of control and soon he must decide whether to obey his isolationist new President - or to follow his instincts and create havoc...