The call came late at night. "Rollie Kemp is still alive. Terminate him and do it now." Mistakes were unacceptable, only one was made. The California cops did them a favor and told the press they were dead. The evidence left little doubt a contract had been put out on them. Rollie Kemp and Drake Fargo, however, were still very much alive. A suggestion they get out of town until things cool off was taken seriously. They healed in South Carolina and then Florida. They met up with ex-CIA friends and tried to figure out who wanted them dead. There was an on-going crime family war, a hint of revenge in the air and Rollie's ex-wife Kali who always seemed to be smack in the middle with knowledge only one deeply involved could have. Upon returning to California, Drake's girlfriend is brutally beaten and left for dead. Amazing things happen when one incident triggers another and a new path opens. With someone out to kill you, there was only one way to deal with the situation and that was to get them before they got you