The year is 2008, and the threats have changed. Citywide blackouts. Sabotage of stock exchanges. Electronic takeover of national defense systems. These are the new weapons—information warfare waged by actors who understand that infrastructure collapse achieves more than conventional assault. Third Echelon operative Sam Fisher is sent deep into hostile territory with orders to gather intelligence more aggressively than ever before—closer to enemy soldiers, with greater risk, and against an adversary who has learned to fight without firing a shot.