Rescued near death after months of torture by demented Mexican drug lord EL GATO, DEA agent TRACY HENDERSON lives for revenge but finds the greatest enemy lurks within her own mind. Itinerant gambler JERRY CALVIN is also on the run from El Gato over a card game gone wrong and botched shipment of cocaine. Using his money and her skills, Jerry and Tracy join to plot a daring counterattack, but find their love for each other gets in the way. Former exotic dancer LENA MILLS -- Tracy's adopted aunt -- is engaged to Florida Governor WIN STEDMAN, only to lose him on their wedding night to a massive...

The woods were hypnotic with solemn stirrings. Lena sat on the ground next to the small pile of rocks. Time seemed to stand still. Eyelids drooped. Her head nodded... At first faint, then growing stronger, she awoke to a chirping whistle echoing through the forest. A lone eagle, soaring with the thermals, circled above for a few minutes before landing on the branch of a barren tree. Lena's eyes beheld its pure majesty, as the raptor seemed to blend into the woods until only its head remained visible. Staring down upon her, the head seemed to expand. Transfixed by the eagle's hypnotic eyes,...