US Army Special Forces operator, Corporal Bill Barton forms an unlikely bond with the team's Afghani guide, Ahmad Khali. Their intense, but short weeks together, lead to open conversations on contrasting culture, society and religion, until tragedy befalls both young men, drastically altering their paths in life, until they intersect once again in Ankara, Turkey during an assassination attempt on a high profile religious leader. Both young men are forced to question their loyalties, their trust and their beliefs. Will Bill Barton's sacrifice be enough to persuade Al Qaeda's newest recruit to abandon his mission and help foil the plot, or is Ahmad's new loyalty and religious zeal impenetrable?