Retired Marine, John Wells, had seen more death and human misery than what any man should. In a small friendly town in upstate New York he thought he left the horrors of war and death behind. Fate isn't so kind. John discovers a body beside the road. He becomes a suspect when homicide detective Alessia D'Alessandro is assigned to the case. Their lives become intertwined when they find themselves in a life and death struggle to survive from international terrorists and possibly their own government. They find comfort and a romantic interlude in a world that wants them dead.