"They see me as a maverick. A thorn in their sides they can't live without". Meet Harry Quartermain: a dashing but deadly French - Australian spy, sidelined by his CIA bosses as a loose cannon. When Quartermain's handler orders him to track down the world's most wanted terrorist, Mohammed Ihraz, he sees the chance to redeem himself and have a little fun in the process. But then a cargo jet carrying vials of a deadly flu pathogen...