At first it's just a name - a code name used in a variety of terrorist outrages. No-one knows if its a group, or an individual. Just that when it's used, there's the guarantee that something dangerous is about to happen.
For two officers of Special Branch's SO13, the Anti-Terrorist branch, Bill Webb and Jack Swann, it's just another one to add to the list. And, although the people behind it clearly know their deadly business - as is proved when SO13 storm a house in West London to face a complex of booby traps - it's not until they are called to an abandoned farm in Northumberland that things really start to get serious. For here they discover traces of what Storm Crow has been up to.
Across the Atlantic, in the badlands of Idaho, Harrison, Vietnam Vet turned FBI agent, has been watching the compound of Salvesen, an extremist militia leader and founder of a right-wing sect of vast financial power. And with Salvesen's interpretation of biblical prophecy, the reality of his agenda is more terrifying than they could ever imagine.
