Roger Ferris is one of the CIA`s soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission - to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as `Suleiman`. Ferris` plan for getting inside Suleiman`s tent is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: he prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible by recruiting an agent within the enemy`s ranks. This scheme binds friend and foe in a web of extraordinary subtlety and complexity, and when it begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan`s intelligence service - a man who just might be an Arab version of John le Carre`s celebrated spy, George Smiley. But can Ferris trust him? And can he trust the CIA?