Hotshot maritime lawyer Jonathan Brooks may finally be in over his head. He can`t find evidence that his client`s ship was rammed by a Navy vessel - evidence he needs to win his trial and help his client escape bankruptcy. But after Jonathan`s courtroom tactics expose a Navy captain lying under oath, the case takes a series of shocking turns, dredging up haunting memories of Jonathan`s deceased brother. He soon realizes that the trial masks a vastly more sinister plot veiled by the shadowy past of the Cold War. To uncover it, he`s forced to risk everything - and everyone - he holds dear. Lives and corporate empires hang in the balance as he embarks on a hunt for the truth, which will lead him through the sultry alleys of New Orleans to remote Scandinavian villages, and deep into Moscow`s dark corridors of power.