The drug war in Mexico has reached critical mass, and a mole is suspected within the high ranks of Washington. When the Head of NCS is assassinated, the US government recruits decorated soldier Mason Church to take down Mexico’s most powerful drug kingpin. Broke, jaded and haunted by memories best left in the past, Mason reluctantly accepts the assignment.
Meanwhile, sixteen-year-old Valentina Vargas witnesses the massacre of her family by the ruthless drug lord.
Maneuvering their way through a labyrinth of menacing drug cartels and corrupt government officials, Mason and Valentina come to realize that their only hope of survival lies with each other.