Doctors Without Borders physician Jonathan Ransom somehow survived the events described in Christopher Reich's Rules of Deception. Now, working under an assumed name in the remotest part of Africa, he longs for a stolen vacation weekend in London with his wife, who is also living clandestinely. Those rosy thoughts dissolve instantly, however, when Jonathan learns that his beloved Emma has gone missing. Things grow even worse when he is arrested and threatened with life imprisonment unless he helps secure his wife's capture. Faced with those two numbing choices, he makes a desperate, death-defying escape. And that is only the beginning of this accelerated thrill ride….