When federal agent Ava Monroe is assigned to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to help local police solve a string of murders involving American citizens, she soon discovers that the law operates outside the confines of justice, and along with a suspended detective on vacation, their involvement in the murder case was more planned than they had originally known.

Domingo Rhodes, a once prominent journalist, is desperate for a story that will heighten his interest in journalism again. He finds that story in Veracruz, Mexico, and he teams up with a local journalist covering the story and their source is none other than a fearless gun smuggler, Clive Wilson, who is on the run from the law and a rebel group led by the notorious Lady Martinez. Domingo becomes a target as well and he must adapt quickly to life on the run and being hunted by a rebel group and corrupt law enforcement. As Domingo dives deeper into the criminal underworld of gun smuggling, he...