Having had a message from her brother that he was on the verge of breaking the biggest story of his career, about a shocking international conspiracy, Susan suspects that his death was not an accident, and searches his apartment for clues to what he was working on. Finding an address book with the names and locations of 7 contacts all around the globe, she gets the approval of her editor to fly to Marrakesh, Morocco, to look for mercenary Jack Schoengarth.