Betrayal, drugs and death in this thriller about the violent world of contemporary Southern Afghanistan, and the secrets of Pashtun culture.
With his marriage over, and an arrest for drugs in Washington DC, reporter Matt Allison has one last chance to save his career with an assignment covering the war in Afghanistan's violent Kandahar province. Matt finds some clarity there, but is quickly pulled into the shadowy world of Pashtun culture, opium trafficking, and the hidden strategies of the U.S. Special Forces.
Sammy Khan is Matt's local "fixer," who saves his life, brings him stories, and inspires him with his noble vision of manhood, courage and honesty rooted in the tribal code of "Pashtunwali."
But how much of it is real? Matt encounters a violent and scheming American Sergeant and discovers a web of crime and deception that threatens the entire mission in Afghanistan, and ultimately Matt's own life.
The story plays out against the stunning back drop of Kandahar province, between the mountains and the Red Desert, between the high tech world of Western armies and the primitive honour code of the Pashtuns.