When Captain Kyle Mercer of the Army's elite Delta Force disappeared from his post in Afghanistan, a video released by his Taliban captors made international headlines. Then a second video leaves no doubt: the trained assassin and keeper of classified intelligence has willfully deserted. After Mercer is spotted in Venezuela, Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor of the Criminal Investigation Division are sent to bring him back—preferably alive. In this series debut by Nelson DeMille and his son Alex DeMille, Brodie knows this is a difficult mission, made more difficult by his new partner's inexperience, by their undeniable chemistry—and by the suspicion that Maggie is reporting to the CIA.