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, given work intended to keep him out of the way. 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 of uncovering the truth is a mysterious foreigner, Agent Renate Bachle--a woman with secrets of her own.