一名成功的日本商人被海盜綁架後，大家都以為他早已不在人世，他卻加入綁匪的行列，重新振作了起來。

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.