Torture. Unofficial prisoners. A massive cover-up that continues to this day. Ben Treven is a veteran of the darkest of all secret missions. After a bar fight with deadly consequences, he ends up in a Manila prison until he receives a visit from his former commander, Colonel Scott Horton, who tells him the price for his release: he must find and eliminate Daniel Larison, a rogue agent who has stolen ninety CIA torture videos and is blackmailing the US government with them. But Ben is not the only one after the videos. CIA death squads and Blackwater mercenaries are out for his life, and he feels the long arm of the White House. Then there's Paula Lanier, a clever, sexy FBI agent who wants the tapes for her own reasons and is determined to get them before Ben does.