Kane had been tracking Viktor Petrov, a former KGB operative turned arms dealer, through the labyrinthine networks of the Middle Eastern black market. Intelligence suggested Petrov was brokering a deal that could destabilize the entire region, involving stolen NATO weapons systems and a mysterious buyer with connections to several terrorist organizations. The trail had gone cold in Beirut, then surfaced again in Aleppo, before finally leading here to the heart of old Damascus.