A fresh administration and a new approach to dealing with America’s enemies have gone covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath with no employment. However when American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom keep the leader with only one course of action.

Every politician includes a secret. And when the child of a politically connected family is kidnapped abroad, America’s new leader will agree to anything-even a deadly and ill-advised rescue plan-in order to keep his secret hidden.

But when covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is assigned to infiltrate one of the world’s most notorious prisons and free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom, he quickly learns that there is much more to the procedure than anyone dares to admit.

As the subterfuge is laid bare, Harvath must examine his own career of ruthlessly searching for and getting rid of terrorists and determine if he has what it takes to help among the world’s worst go free.