A midnight call draws Major Nguema into a crisis that will seal the island off from the world. Intelligence suggests an advance team of mercenaries is already on Bioko. Nguema and his trusted lieutenant, Carla Esono, impose a total lockdown—grounding flights, closing ports, and severing communications. Their search begins in abandoned warehouses, where coded rations, hidden communications devices, and forged documents point to a conspiracy involving both foreign contractors and members of the President’s own government. As they capture Simon Greyson, a British mercenary leader, they learn of a multi-phase operation (“Phase Two,” “Phase Three”) aimed at destabilizing the regime under the guise of foreign “consultancy” and energy development. Each new discovery deepens the intrigue: diplomats smuggling weapons, cabinet ministers taking bribes from oil executives, and secret communications routed through the presidential compound. Ambushes, arson, and data purges follow, wiping out evidence and silencing informants. When internal records are destroyed in a mysterious fire, Nguema realizes the betrayal reaches the highest levels—possibly including the President’s own family.