Perennial screw-up, James Laudon, finds himself behind bars for a crime he absolutely committed. In the dark of night, a pair of mysterious men abduct him from his cell and replace him with a dead body. With the world believing him dead, he is offered a deal - join this above-top-secret agency of supernatural assassins, or die for real this time. Laudon opts in and soon learns that his death is more imminent than he thought.