Though her cognitive abilities have been compromised by a rare illness, beautiful Meghan Dacey-who knows her name only as "Number twenty-three"-is able to escape from The Halfway Home, a sex slavery ring disguised as a stately care home for the intellectually disabled. The home is run by Centaur, a man with a secret he'll kill to protect-and has. Every story has a hero, and this story boasts two: Dr. Alexander Hunter of the FBI, and trauma surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Sterling. Together with an eclectic cast of characters, Hunter and Sterling pry Meghan from Centaur's clutches and whisk her halfway around the world in an attempt to free her from his sights. Meghan's cognitive skills slowly improve. As she is the last living soul who has heard his secret, Centaur must destroy Meghan before she realizes what she knows. What follows is an international game of hide and seek. Only this game won't end with the seeker playfully announcing, "tag, you're it "