Over the years, acting on instinct has gotten Australian secret agent Cole Pearson into as much trouble as it has helped him out of. This time the impulsive rescue of Sean Trammel sees him AWOL and on the run across Queensland. The mining analyst it seems poses an immediate and significant danger to someone powerful and masked gunmen in a corporate office in Brisbane are just the beginning. Searching for answers a strange conspiracy emerges and Cole discovers himself to be just as much a target as his new companion. Cole unexpectedly finds himself desperate to keep Sean alive for reasons purely personal and as things heat up, uses every skill at his disposal to protect him. And when they dig deeper into the mystery they realise that the hunters are equally determined to stop Sean sharing whatever secret they are certain he knows.