Detective Livia Lone is back! The second installment of the gripping thriller series by former CIA agent Barry Eisler. Detective Livia Lone flies from Seattle to Thailand, the land of her origins, to support a task force against human trafficking. However, Livia secretly intends to use this time for her personal revenge plan. She must find the mastermind Rithisak Sorm, who is responsible for the tragic fate of Livia's sister. But former Marine Dox is also after Sorm. After a narrow escape from an ambush, Livia and Dox realize that close collaboration is their only chance of survival. Their hunt for Sorm has apparently alerted someone in the highest echelons of the American intelligence community.