However, when the assassin hired by the Zetas drug cartel, to eliminate Buff Hunter and his threat to the Zetas' operations in Georgia, things begin to get complicated. The assassin is a close friend of Carlos de Santiago, and Carlos has decided that he'd rather come back to the United States and testify against the Zetas than to remain at the Zetas Mexican headquarters at the mercy of Senor Eduardo Navarro, the drug kingpin of one of Mexico's most dangerous cartels.

Now Buff Hunter is faced with the opportunity of rescuing his sworn enemy, turning him over to the Department of Justice, and collecting the extensive reward offered by the government. His other alternative is to turn the assassin over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and let the chips fall where they may.

Novels by author Clay Mercer deal with many issues faced by everyday Americans in the Twenty-First Century: drugs, gang warfare, violence, and even petty crime. Many aspects of life in the current era are not pretty, but Mercer understands that overlooking the dirty side of life can be a dangerous thing indeed. "I want to tell the story of the modern-day South," says Mercer. "Not the 'South' of Margaret Mitchell, or the 'South' of Harper Lee, or even the 'South' of the late, great Lewis Grizzard. I want to tell the story of 'my South, ' as it is lived and survived by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the pioneers who settled this wonderful piece of America."