Matt Stromsoe
has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an
explosion
meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit,
Stromsoe gave
up the last thing that held any meaning for him—-his job on
the police
force—-and proceeded to hit rock bottom, hard.
That
was a
lifetime ago, and finally the spiral of personal destruction and
despair seems to have come to an end. The man responsible
for the
murders—Stromsoe's best friend from childhood and his wife's old
lover—is behind bars and Stromsoe has put the past behind
him, rescued
from the abyss by a former colleague who offers him a job at his
private security firm. Stromsoe's first assignment is to
protect local
television personality Frankie Hatfield from a stalker. But
the further
Stromsoe is drawn into this case, the more he finds that the
net of
intrigue is wide and ultimately leads back to the man who
killed his
family. As events conspire against him, Stromsoe learns that
prison is
no safeguard against revenge.