When, on a business trip to the US, Caroline Kent manages to publicly insult the country's leading Mafia boss she little suspects what the incident will lead to. Salvatore Scarlione isn't the kind of man to take loss of face lightly. As you might expect - but the Mob have a powerful new weapon which will enable them to do more or less what they like, including track down anyone who has got on the wrong side of them and exact punishment. As it becomes clear just how far their influence extends, Caroline realises she can trust no-one except her closest friends - and even there she has her doubts. Fighting back, she is drawn into a dangerous game where she must not only protect her own life, but free the entire world from the merciless grip of the sinister Syndicate.
Partly counterfactual, The Argus Memorandum features the heroine of Eye Of The Sun God, Piper One and Weekend At Trevenna in a combination of Kafkaesque caper and moody spy thriller, set against the background of a world in which cataclysmic changes are about to take place...