Thailand is on the verge of economic and social meltdown. Bangkok has ground to a halt as protesters, oblivious to a tumbling stock market and a currency in free fall, block major intersections and picket government buildings, daubing the walls with their own blood. They're disillusioned by a system designed only to line the pockets of the rich and powerful. As the country lurches from one crisis to another, there is only one man who can deliver Thailand from anarchy. To the public, Narong Sunarawani is a patriot and a hugely successful businessman. Covertly he is also head of Thailand's most brutal crime syndicate. Power is so close he can taste it. Harry Slater hasn't fired a gun for three decades, life has become staid and routine. Yet he finds himself in Thailand where Nok sees the ex-soldier as the perfect foil as she seeks revenge on the men who killed her sister. The future of the two men is inextricably linked as Sunarawani discovers that a chain really is only as strong as its weakest link.