When a terrible accident takes the life of his only daughter, and his marriage falls apart, Jack loses himself in work. Then he gets a call from his friend Edward Carson, the President-elect of the U.S. His daughter, Alli, has been kidnapped. Because Emma McClure was Alli's best friend, Carson turns to the one man he can trust to bring his daughter home safely.

The search for Alli will pit Jack against the CIA - and lead him into the path of a man whose actions are as cold as they are brilliant, and whose power and reach are seemingly infinite.