Butch Addison calls his life blessed. He has a wife of six weeks, a thriving small business, and close friends living at Last Chance Ranch near Flagstaff, Arizona. For him, life has fallen into a good pattern. One of Butch's oldest and most trusted friends, Paul "Roo" LaRue, has it all. The perfect family. An international import/export business. And a gubernatorial run in Louisiana. He also has a past, one that will bury him if he's not careful. And one that involves Butch. Roo orders the kidnapping of Butch's ex-flame, who lives in Kurdish Iraq, then hires Butch and the former Shadow Box team to find her. Lies. Treachery. Risks. Threats. Butch finds himself caught in their web as he faces an enemy he never thought he'd see again. Now he must overcome his past before the dark, threatening forces overrun him and those he loves.