In the remote wastes of Northern Iraq, Saddam Hussein wages a savage, forgotten war against Kurdish guerrillas. English marksman Gus Peake is drawn to this deadly part of the world by an old debt of friendship. His task is to help the guerrillas reach their goal - the city of Kirkuk, ancient capital of the Kurdish people. There is no room for error in this brutal combat. As Peake learns the art of dealing out death at long distance, Iraq pits Major Karim Aziz, the deadliest sniper in Saddam's army, against him. Their duel soon becomes an obsession, and only one man will walk away alive......