Slade was once described by the President’s sister, at a particularly dull White House luncheon honoring the wives of major contributors, as an Irish cop in a thousand dollar suit. She was wrong by at least five thousand plus.

Never married, slightly on the wrong side of forty, his first transaction was the purchase of Millar Chemical. Now, he controls numerous business units stretched across the globe with homes in London, New York and Paris. His only remaining interest in Millar is the memory of their daughter, Lucette, a delightful ten year old so many years ago.

Lucette Lanier, the cultural attaché to the U S Embassy in Paris is trapped in an unhappy marriage to an unscrupulous husband. The chance request by the ambassador’s wife for Slade to spend some time with her during the embassy ball provides the opportunity for them to reconnect. Seeing her across the crowded ball room he took her hand. Slade asked. “Can I buy you a drink?” She answered “Yes. And you can buy me lunch too.”

Millar Chemical has begun experimenting with the immune system. An unscrupulous German industrialist has gotten wind of the project and its potential for targeting individuals or specific population groups. His centuries old cartel have been discreet providers of contraband, specialty chemicals, munitions, rare earths and nuclear components to illicit governments and various terrorist groups.

Dieter Deutschman will stop at nothing, including murder, to accomplish his objective to control this unique deadly select agents formula, making Lucette Lanier a major stockholder in Millar a prime target.