Despite the fact that her most recent assignment went horribly wrong, Meredith Morris-Dale is a CIA case officer and a pretty excellent one at that. She has since been called back to Langley, where she anticipates being let go. Instead, the Deputy Director welcomes her and delivers startling information. By undermining the operation of Iran's clandestine centrifuge arrays, a single well-placed CIA snitch has prevented the rogue nation from developing a bomb. However, the mole wants out after losing his daughter in an aeroplane shooting, putting the globe in danger. His one request was a meeting with Meredith's disgraced, sacked, and wayward ex-husband John Dale, the only handler he had ever trusted. In addition to their tense relationship, Russian influence, a cynical CIA political structure, and Meredith and John's struggles,and the rogue spy?s manipulation, they must reach deep within their shared connection to maintain, recover, or kill the asset.