IN A FUTURE WHERE NUCLEAR WARHEADS CAN BE HIDDEN IN A BRIEFCASE ...IN A WORLD WHERE DESIGNER PLAGUES ARE HELD SUSPENDED IN A TEARDROP ...CHAOS IS RISING. SPIRAL: The secret organisation known as SPIRAL fights a shadow war against fanatics and rogue states of every faith and political persuasion. Remorseless, unstoppable, of every country and of none, its agents fight a never-ending battle for humanity's survival. But now SPIRAL itself is under attack, and if SPIRAL falls the world falls with it. QUAKE: Carter, SPIRAL's toughest operative, is facing a new and terrifying challenge. The world is being held to ransom by the creators of a new and devastating machine. One that is capable of wreaking seismic havoc, causing earthquakes and eruptions on a global scale. It must be destroyed - and Carter must do it alone.