When the deck has been stacked against you, working outside the law is the only card left to play . . .
Following a victorious evening, shots ring out, leaving the Democratic presidential front-runner near death. As the official investigation begins, FBI special agent Tom Lawton is sidelined. Determined to find out why, he launches an investigation of his own and uncovers a web of deceit constructed by his own superiors.
Tom's only hope is agent Renate Bachle, a woman with secrets of her own. On the run for his life, he must determine whether he can trust her to guide him through the corridors of conspiracy that threaten a nation, or whether she is simply another spider in the web . . .