Jonathan Banner is a new recruit to MI: 5 when a rogue agent from the past resurfaces and threatens the fine democratic balance in north Africa. Banner is sent in to follow the rogue with his partner Rosemary Carter, when he is catapulted into a peace threatening situation. Finding a hidden library underneath Karnak Temple, the rogue agent removes a set of scrolls that hold information that could, if released, threaten the existence of religion worldwide.