Bound by purpose. Haunted by failure. He stands on the edge of ruin. Micah Mercer is alone. He’s lost his job. He hasn’t spoken to his wife in months. His friends tread carefully around him. All because an obsession has overtaken him: saving the next child from a life of slavery. Mercer leverages his past life as a CIA paramilitary officer and Army Ranger to rescue those in desperate need but working alone his expertise can only take him so far. Shocked by the impending fall of Kabul Mercer pulls whatever strings he has left to get to Afghanistan to extract his former Ranger platoon interpreter and his family. But when a rogue paramilitary organization abducts Altair’s daughter Mercer won’t stop until he finds her and puts down those responsible. But there is something far more sinister at play. Mercer learns this is not a random kidnapping and that Aya is one of many Pashtun girls taken to satisfy the perverse delight of the international elite.