Interesting plot starts with the recording of a hot mike of dead US soldier made by a British with Irish accent,call sign Shamrock, on a combat zone in Helmond province Afganistan. Twelve US soldiers and a detachment of British medics were ambushed and killed. The President of USA contacted the Prime Minister who dispached General Ferguson and his team (Dillon, Harry Miller, the Salters, Holly). Action starts in Algiers, London, Belfast back and forth. The lead man of Al Qaeda in London, a professor at U. of London betrays the goverment. The chief of military police of Algeria betrays his friend and goverment in service of Al Quaeda. The grandson of a Member of Parliament and owner of a large international corporation, ex- British paratruper and SAS member is the voice on the radio.