When a high-value prisoner transfer is interrupted in the blistering Arizona desert, Special Agent Dirk Lasher and his new unit of not-yet-trained operatives must give pursuit. With no time to prepare and little familiarity between the team members, the stakes could not be higher. If their prisoner Kimberly Sharp is allowed to escape, the very foundation of global society could come unraveled.

As the pursuit intensifies and the stakes increase, powerful competitor countries get involved, pushing non-stop to the pulse-pounding deadly showdown on the outskirts of civilization. The criminal Sharp is more valuable than initially realized, and the outcome may just determine the future of civilization itself.