Alex Maitland left everything she knew to reinvent her life in Los Angeles when she was swept into the world of three letter agencies and international intrigue. On a forced vacation and by an act of fate she meets Sam Donovan who is more than he appears. Imprisoned in a country famed for its human rights violations, in a transformational story that could be taken from today's headlines, tortured and left without hope they must rescue a hostage opening the door for a United Nations inspection. Alex life was at risk almost from the moment she met Sam and she cannot rely on her training as a psychologist to maintain her grip on reality in an environment that seeks to destroy them both.