Jake Grafton， former Vietnam pilot and air-wing commander， has been assigned to the Pentagon. His orders are to lead the development of the navy s new top-secret attack plane， the A-12. But， faced with political and technical problems at every turn， he soon finds himself drawn into a hunt for the Minotaur - a mole hidden in the Pentagon who is selling America s most precious defence secrets. The FBI s chief spy-catcher is hot on the Minotaur s trail - or is he? Just who are the traitors? Four people are dead and a test pilot is near death before Grafton homes in on the shocking identity of the Minotaur - and his even more chilling motive ...