David Trevellyan takes a late-night walk between a restaurant and his New York City hotel when he sees a huddled shape in the mouth of an alley.
A homeless man has been shot dead.
As David steps forward, a police car arrives and he realizes - he's been set up.
A survivor of Royal Navy Intelligence, Trevellyan's been in and out of trouble before.
But as the FBI take the case, he's sucked deeper into the system.
He penetrates a huge international conspiracy, which spans from war-torn Iraq to the heart of the USA.
Failure will mean death, but success will bring redemption - for himself and for the huddled corpse from the alley.
His motivation is his life-long belief: you don't get mad - you get EVEN.