Along the border in Texas, a deadly firefight claims the lives of two Border Patrol agents.

On a highway in suburban Virginia, a bomb blast targets the director of the CIA.

In Washington, D.C.’s halls of power, uncovering the wrong man’s secrets could be a death sentence.

For CIA paramilitary Harry Nichols, deceit has become a way of life. Fifteen years in the Clandestine Service have left him weary, recovering from a devastating betrayal. Little does he know. . .the betrayals have only begun.

With CIA Director David Lay missing and presumed dead, Nichols finds himself tasked with protecting Lay's estranged daughter--and hunted by an ex-Spetsnaz kill team.

His only mission is to keep her safe. Her only desire is to find the man who ordered her father's murder.

But as their world turns upside down—as terrorists prepare to attack an American city—
one thing becomes breathtakingly clear:

All that stands between them and the truth is an American President willing to bury his secrets. . .one enemy at a time.