Chapter 1-4 Summary

Dr. Irene Kennedy and Thomas Stansfield of the CIA arrive at the White House for an emergency briefing with President Robert Xavier Hayes and top military advisors General Flood and General Campbell. The CIA has successfully placed an operative within striking distance of Fara Harut, a notorious terrorist and religious leader of Hezbollah. After learning Hamas has leaked plans of a terrorist attack that may be funded by Saddam Hussein himself, President Hayes authorizes Fara Harut's kidnapping.

The scene shifts to Bandar Abbas, Iran, where CIA operative Mitch Rapp, camouflaged as an Iranian beggar, continues to stalk Fara Harut's safe house. Rapp promises himself that this time he will succeed in capturing Rafique Aziz, a devotee of Harut's and a cold-blooded terrorist. Lt. Commander Dan Harris leads a team of Navy SEALs into the Persian Gulf. They land on a beach...