Ex-con David Marion, last seen in Brody's Bleedout, must disappear after an explosive encounter with a hit man. David's efforts to discover who is trying to kill him eventually lead him back into the arms of Helen Freyl, friend and lover. Mourning David and intrigued by increasingly outrageous and mysterious offers to purchase the unique strain of venom created by the bees on her farm, Helen accepts a fellowship working for the Follaton Medical Foundation. In London, she joins a team on the verge of developing a cure for radiation poisoning.

But when her colleagues at the foundation begin to die, Helen starts to suspect the organization's purpose and motive. When she realizes her life is in danger, she looks for help and finds it in David. Together they fight for their lives against a background of corruption, corporate greed, and industrial espionage that has led to human tragedy.

Fans of Bleedout will be drawn in by the continued intrigue surrounding David Marion and the Freyl family. This international thriller takes readers from the suburbs of Illinois to the radiation-poisoned land of Belarus, with stops in Alabama and London. The tension slowly builds as Brady reveals the players in this game of corporate chess and what they're willing to do to win.