As 'scarecrow' Schofield Watches His Mission To Eliminate A Siberian Turn Into A Bloodbath, He Realises He Has Been Tricked -- And Now Become The Prey Rather Than The Predator. For A Shadowy Consortium Of Staggering Power And Wealth Has Included His Name On A List Of Fifteen Targets To Be Eliminated Without Fail By Twelve Noon That Same Day. Now Every High-Powered Bounty Hunter On The Planet Is On His Trail, While He Must Simultaneously Track Down The Perpetrators Of A Conspiracy About To Reduce Many Of The Major Cities Of The World To Ashes. From Arctic Russia To The Afghan Border, To France's Atlantic Coast, To A Speed-Of-Light Conflict Over The Suez Canal, Every Form Of Ultra-Tech Weaponry Comes Into Play In A Spellbinding Action Drama Unfolding Within A Mere Twenty-Four Hours.