When Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers are linked to the 9/11 attacks in New York, the group prepares to launch a worldwide campaign of havoc. But hot on its heels is a unit of special forces operatives, determined to hunt the Tigers down to the last man – and woman. As these highly trained, ruthless killers – battle-hardened veterans of the war in Sri Lanka – race against the clock and each other, the action explodes out of the island's jungles and onto the streets of Europe and North America. High-speed chases and suicide bombings ricochet from the autobahns of Germany to the subways of Toronto, the violence reaching boiling point with an international hijacking and a horrific hostage drama. And things are about to get worse, as an Indian naval task force steams into Sri Lankan waters, bringing South Asia to the brink of total war..