A seemingly harmless college professor, Carlos Benaventi, is, in fact, an undercover operative for the CIA, involved in the intrigue of international espionage and daring clandestine operations. When his friend and colleague, Jim Torres, is taken hostage by radical Colombian terrorists from the Revolutionaries Pro-Liberation of Colombia (RPC), Benaventi relies on all his expertise and training to mount a risky rescue operation to recover one of his own. But his efforts are not entirely without surprises. Locked into a fast-paced search and destroy mission, Benaventi organizes an elite strike force to destroy the enemy. But deep in the steamy South American jungle, Carlos comes face to face with a new and even deadlier peril----Sinbarba, or the Beardless One. A powerful and ruthless guerrilla leader, Sinbarba is the most charismatic figure on the revolutionary front since Che Guevara.