NATO stands on the brink of ruin. The war in Afghanistan - NATO's ultimate test - hangs in doubt. Yet the biggest threat to the world's most powerful military alliance is not from a resurgent Taliban. It comes from within. On the eve of a critical NATO Summit in Prague, Major Mitchell Crane, U.S. Army Intelligence, has just five days to stop a conspiracy that will damage the Alliance at its most vulnerable moment. Immediately after arriving in Prague, Crane is arrested and falsely accused of murder. The victim is Crane's partner, a senior EUROPOL police officer. The investigation meant to stop a scandal from tearing NATO apart suddenly looks compromised from the start. With the future of NATO at risk, Crane races to confront a deadly web of corrupt officials, oganized crime, and betrayal from deep within the Alliance itself.