Tehran, 1979. The Shah’s regime is collapsing, the streets are on fire, and the world’s powers are circling like vultures.

Amid the chaos, one secret tips the balance. Hidden in a gutted defense compound lies IGNIS — a prototype encryption system capable of shielding Britain’s networks across the Middle East. If the Soviets seize it, every double agent, every covert line of communication, every British operation from Cairo to Moscow will be exposed.

Major Ray Kazan is dispatched under diplomatic cover, his orders simple: secure or destroy the technology. But in a city where loyalties shift by the hour, nothing is simple. Revolutionary Guards hunt foreigners. A rogue Iranian general seeks to sell the prize to the highest bidder. And the CIA — ally or rival — has its own agenda.

As Moscow’s agents close in and the revolution devours the old order, Kazan must play a deadly game of deception and survival. Failure will not just cost him his life — it will burn Britain’s entire network to ash.

Motus Protocol is a taut Cold War espionage thriller of betrayal, revolution, and the brutal choices demanded when history itself is on the brink.