When the body of a British businessman in Hong Kong is infected with an unknown organism, an ancient evil is about to be unleashed... For once, it seems, DCI John Sinclair has an easy job: Pick up Nicholas Croydon, a British citizen who’s on his way back from Hong Kong via a special medical transport. But when a group of armed men infiltrate Heathrow Airport, Croydon is abducted. Soon, Sinclair and his new partner, Inspector Suko, find themselves on the front lines of an escalating gang war....