A nuclear weapon explodes in Tehran, Iran.. The world immediately suspects the United States and Israel of murdering millions.

Eric Lantz is called up to find the real parties behind the horror. He is teamed up with Alia al Faizal, a medic with Doctors Without Borders. As they fight to find the source of the nuclear trauma, a horrific plague breaks out in China and India. Suspecting that the two events are related, Eric and Alia form an uneasy alliance. Together they chase the evidence across the middle east to Babbat Castle in Iran.

Working together, they uncover the evil behind the horror and the rise of an ancient kingdom.