A WHO team in Chad has vanished… …While a shadowy private military kingpin is in the country But there’s more going on than meets the eye. At first, nobody thought too much of it. It’s Central Africa. Some investigators would go and look around, and eventually shrug. But the presence of Mitchell Price and his military contractors has aroused suspicions. Brannigan’s Blackhearts are hired for another rescue mission. But other sinister forces are moving in Chad. Entire villages are being wiped out by mysterious plagues. And Price is far from the only player. He’s being hunted, and soon the Blackhearts are, too. Both at home and abroad. This game of cat-and-mouse has gotten more dangerous. And the cost might be higher than any of them are willing to pay…