The Gulf War is a proving ground for military technology but, with all Iraq's arms known to the west, what is Qubh-ut-Allah, the fist of God? Major Mike Martin, an SAS man who can pass for Arab, is sent to Kuwait to report on Iraqi strength and to help the resistance Later, he is to run the Iraqi spy 'Jericho', a sleeper who might provide vital information for money What is revealed makes the allies delay their invasion for four days, while Martin undertakes his most dangerous assignment ever, to find and destroy the fist of God