An Attempt to murder a CIA Field Officer and their Marine Escort in a wharf side warehouse in Japan leads them both into the world of Black Operations in search for the reason why someone wanted them dead and who that person or persons were. It's during this time they are introduced to former Black Operations mastermind Jake Grainger who provides them with the key to open the door to intelligence sources even the CIA does not have access too. What they discover about the world of Black Operations and each other takes them from Japan back to the East Coast of the United States, to the mountains of Colorado and other places as they work to avert a war.