February 1979. Iran. The Shah fled and Ayatollah Khomeini came to power. Passions are running high in the country, fanatics of Islam, revolutionaries of all kinds are active, and the intelligence services of the great powers, extremely interested in Iranian oil, do not stand aside. The quiet life of the pilots of the helicopter company, which is secretly managed by the Noble House, is over: it is necessary to obtain permission to start the engines, to take off, to fly to a certain place. In such a situation, the company is practically brought to the brink of survival, and its management decides to stop work, take helicopters and people to a safe place... "Hurricane" is the last novel of Clavell's "Asian Saga."