'Cain raised his gun to Harper's head. She smiled back at him, revealing a row of bloody teeth. "You can't win this one, honey." She said, as the police sirens drew closer. "Kill me, don't kill me, it doesn't matter. You chose the wrong side and you know it. You're not leaving this city alive."' As the world sinks into the grip of a new Cold War, many gangs in Australia use the commotion to grow their power while the international community looks the other way. When all-out hell breaks loose on the streets of Sydney, Cain Smyth, an experienced mercenary, finds himself thrown into an underworld of hidden politics and insane tyrants after he's hired to eliminate the representative of a powerful street-gang. But as Cain's orders become increasingly shady, he can't help but wonder if he might just be a subtle pawn in the larger Cold War. And maybe, if what he suspects is true, the Cold War might not stay 'cold' for much longer...