Dan Price is a top-level officer in one of the private firms providing security at the Olympics. All-American and proficient in appearance, Price is really an amoral killer. He has assembled a paramilitary strike force that is about to unleash a bloodbath that will destabilize the forces of world power with a single act of unthinkable, cataclysmic violence.
Tag McCall, a low-level security guard assigned to Price’s unit, may well have reached the last stop in the downward spiral of his career and his life. McCall is haunted by personal demons: his dismissal in disgrace from the Secret Service, his subsequent bout with alcohol and substance abuse, divorce … although his biggest secret, and fear, is the irregular heartbeat and chest pains that are becoming more frequent. He hasn’t told anyone.
When McCall picks up a thread, a hint of what Price is up to, he’s thrust into a shadowy maze of deception, seduction, and murder involving a defecting Chinese general and his willful daughter, a homicidal stalker and a missing teenage gymnast. And as if that weren’t enough, McCall has two strong-willed women vying for his heart, a heart that could give out at any moment.