A CIA op to acquire a Russian nerve agent Citex from a long-forgotten Soviet research complex backfires when somebody beats the CIA at their own game.
While celebrating his assignment to a safe desk job, FBI agent Kirk Ingram's wife and daughter are murdered before his eyes. Despite grievous injuries, Ingram survives and finds salvation in waging a vendetta against organized crime. Following a tip-off concerning a human trafficking ring in Los Angeles, Ingram leads a disastrous federal raid on a warehouse owned by Gunther Trade.
Diving to recover historic artefacts from a shipwreck, marine archaeologist Edward Gunner is attacked and his yacht sunk. Within hours, his daughter, Amanda, is running for her life. Only a fortuitous encounter with Ingram saves her.
As Ingram goes head-to-head with businessman Lars Gunther, clues from the Gunner case reveal Gunther Trade is the common denominator in the FBI and LAPD investigations... and might even answer the questions facing every intelligence agency: Who has Citex? What are the targets?