An army researcher specializing in infectious diseases who works secretly as a Covert-One agent leads a team of scientists to a remote, icy island off the coast of Canada where they discover a mysterious spy plane containing a deadly form of anthrax, a mission that is compromised by the arrival of a band of Russian pirates. Simultaneous.Lt. Col. Jon Smith and the daring operatives of Covert-One, a top-secret team of political, military, and technical experts, risk everything to stop a high-level conspiracy.