Following a victorious evening, shots ring out, leaving the Democratic presidential front–runner near death. As the official investigation begins, FBI special agent Tom Lawton is sidelined. Determined to find out why, he launches an investigation of his own and uncovers a web of deceit constructed by his own superiors.

Tom's only hope is agent Renate Bächle, a woman with secrets of her own. On the run for his life, he must determine whether he can trust her to guide him through the corridors of conspiracy that threaten a nation, or whether she is simply another spider in the web