The materials and other intelligence data discovered that were discovered by the team point unmistakably to the basics of a terrorist plot. This information is flashed from Central Command Headquarters of the 16th Special Forces Company and to the intelligence communities at Langley and throughout the Allied Commands and the global anti-terrorism units swing into action. Simultaneously, assets in the U.S. Embassy in Madrid uncover a "Most Wanted" terrorist but the plan to take him down goes sideways.

With the allied military counter terrorism groups and intelligence groups working on what they think are individual and local issues, it soon becomes clear that discoveries made by Egan's team have a direct relationship to the Madrid affairs. All of the other data starts to link up and it quickly becomes clear that the intent of the African jungle mobs and the sophisticated terrorists of Europe are not just on a local scale, but international. The lives of 100 million innocent men, women and children are at stake and it is a race against time... however, the information is already two days old.

Born in Philadelphia to a career U.S. Air Force father, he lived in many places as a child and returned to the Philadelphia area to complete high school when his father retired in 1963. After graduating with honors, Dale was starting the pursuit of an architectural degree but accepted the draft and entered the Army in 1966 launching his path toward the Special Forces.

His civilian career after completing schooling was as a registered architect. Finding that profession less than satisfying, he has founded several successful companies and today he continues to write novels and manages an international consulting and financial company.