An errant parachute jump during a search for a lost American biobomb in Asian mountains lands Marine lieutenant Jack Flashhardt in fabled Shangri-La. Is it Utopia? The intrigues and conflicts of the outside world have infected Paradise. Jack must fight his way to safety, only to return to save his long-lived friends and the rest of the world from the deadly LIITea bomb and the al Qaida who have captured it.