Myron Bolitar once had a promising career as a sportsman until an accident forced him to quit. After a spell in the FBI he now runs his own business. Then Myron is approached to find Greg Downing. He knows Greg from old
- they were once rivals not just in sport but for a woman they both loved. Now Greg has vanished & the team boss wants Myron to find him before news of his disappearance is leaked to the press. In Greg's house Myron finds blood in the basement
- lots of it. & when he discovers the body of a woman he begins to unravel the strange violent world of a national hero gone wrong as he comes face-to-face with a past he can't re-live & a present he may not survive.