With the rising threat of Russia, Sweden joins NATO for its own protection. But someone wants to make them pay - in blood. Sweden's home-built, world-class jet fighters, the Saab JAS 39E Gripen - named for the mythological Gryphon - are falling out of the skies. The stability, the very existence of NATO could be torn apart, as if trapped in the Gryphon's mighty eagle claws. Can Miranda's team of air-crash investigators solve the crisis before the powerful lion-half shreds them asunder?