In Athens, a Boeing 737 noses into the gate, and its crew is suddenly
confronted by Greek officials waiting to arrest one of its passengers, a
beloved ex-President of the United States, John Harris. Captain Craig
Dayton, believing Harris' life is in danger, stages a daring escape by
backing the jet away from the gate without clearance and taking off down
a vacant runway.
The dilemma for Captain Dayton and his precious cargo is that Peru has
signed an Interpol warrant for President Harris' arrest, using the same
treaty employed to extradite former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
The Peruvian government alleges that Harris is personally responsible
for a supposed CIA-led strike against a biological weapons factory
during his term of office. But the nightmare for Harris - and the U.S.
State Department - is this: There is no place to hide, because almost
every nation in the world has signed the treaty and every one of them
must honor the warrant and give Peru what it wants - a president to
humiliate on the international stage.
Captain Dayton flies Harris and his crew on an against-the-clock mission
around the world to find a safe haven, while Harris' rumpled and
out-gunned lawyer wrestles an international team of legal sharks
snapping at their biggest prize yet.
