Daniel Isaacs is at the pinnacle of his career, being one of the best MARSOC Raider team leaders known. Then a mission goes wrong.

Daniel finds himself in Leavenworth a few months later for treason. His team had turned against him at trial after being coerced into testifying against him. He has to fight for his life in prison, and then the reason gets revealed. A CIA agent visits him after an attempt on his life and offers a way out but it opens up a doorway to hell for Daniel. He is forced to do off-book missions for a rogue CIA agent. The motive for his entrapment is revealed, completely shattering Daniel's humanity.

He claws his way to humanity, with help from a very unexpected source.