After learning of his friend's murder in Florida, investment banker Kip Mitchelson suddenly finds himself hunted like common prey. Kip's friend, Philip Kurchow, IT manager for a company in Munich, possessed a secret: the details of a lucrative smuggling enterprise in Eastern Europe involving lethal virus technology. However, the CIA has launched its own campaign to intercept the technology. As he digs deeper into the treachery, Kip finds a more sinister stalker in the hunt, the sadistic operative known only as RAFTER. Risking his life - and that of his family - Kip races to expose the betrayers and fight their depraved assault.--adapted from back cover.