She died while he held her under a brilliant dawn. Her eyelids closed softly, a faint breath rose from her delicate throat, and then she was gone.

  Hang Sary looked down at the pale face of the young woman. He looked at the grass and dirt in her wet hair and the cuts in her forehead and across her nose. He felt revulsion when he saw the red lipstick on her mouth,the rouge that had smeared across her cheek and the charcoal-gray mascara that had run from her eyes to her ears.

...

Driven by greed, a group of UN peacekeeping soldiers becomes involved in activities on the wrong side of the law. When their tour of duty ends, the mayhem begins. The rogue soldiers - outfitted with stolen UN arms and ammunition - devise a shocking scheme to get the world's attention...

Meanwhile, Op-Centre head Paul Hood has cleared out his desk.But his retirement is short-lived. Demanding one hundred million dollars in ransom, the assassins have taken over the UN - where ambassadors from ten nations have gathered for a gala functio at which Hood's daughter will perform.

This time, it's personal. And the Op-Centre forces will strike with deadly vengeance...