"Third Echelon's Sam Fisher is one of the deadliest men in the world. Even the FBI and CIA are in the dark about the black ops that he takes on. He's known as a Splinter Cell, and sometimes he's the only force holding the country together...Third Echelon is training new recruits who will be given a necessary but terrible mission. They must capture or kill one of their own, a man who's gone rogue and sold out his government...Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell."--p.[4]...

"Sam Fisher--Wanted. Third Echelon operative Sam Fisher knows that several disastrous missions have depleted the ranks of the Splinter Cells. What he doesn't know is that a stunning piece of evidence has been uncovered--pointing to a traitor within their ranks...Sam is that man. He is convicted without a trial, hunted without mercy, and forced to employ his deadliest tactics to uncover the truth."--p.[4] of cover.