"CIA operative Kurt Valdez is reassigned from his base in Afghanistan to the U.S. because of heightened cross-border infiltration. Terrorist activities worldwide are being ruthlessly crushed, and the organizations must make one last, desperate stand-on U.S. soil. The "Snow Leopard", an international terrorist, resurfaces after four years to carry out the mission. The CIA receives a tip and Valdez must now confront the man who eluded him twice before. Homeland Security's tenacious analyst, Krysta Mazur, working with an Arizona sheriff, provide Valdez with intelligence and assistance at a crucial moment. Set in the southwest U.S. against the backdrop of international tensions, global terrorism, and the ruthlessness of the ideologically driven."--Jacket flap.