Crisis in the Mideast

An Iranian sponsored terrorist attack kills thousands of innocent people and results in UN sanctions against Iran. Iran retaliates by blocking 20% of the world's oil supply, bringing the world's economy to the brink of a depression. A private citizen, a geologist, working in Saudi Arabia on a previous mission, who can avoid media scrutiny and adverse publicity, is enlisted by the US President to go to Tehran to offer the Iranian president a proposal to resolve the issue and avoid military conflict. Iranian hardliners attempt to prevent the meeting by threatening the American citizen with imprisonment or death on his arrival in Tehran. Personal animosities within the US government play an outsized role in how the crisis is handled. Embedded in this story of intrigue and action, is a love story between the American citizen-negotiator and the daughter of the Admiral heading the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain. Can the world's oil supply be restored before there is an economic disaster, and without a nuclear war?