Book excerpt: A Russian agent follows two canisters of plutonium, stolen by the Russian Mafia, to Malaysia where the agent loses the courier who went underground. A CIA agent is murdered in Kuala Lumpur by a method known to be favoured by Chinese Intelligence. A top executive, who is the son of the President of a powerful, US Corporation, is kidnapped in KL when a billion-dollar deal is being negotiated with the Malaysian Government. The three incidents are part of a conspiracy which ultimately brings cooperation between a CIA, Russian and an Australian agent. There is murder, suspense and uncertainty throughout the novel as events lead to a shoot out, but the perpetrators of the conspiracy are not uncovered until much later with surprising, fatal consequences.