Dallas, Texas, June 2006; the temperature is in the 100's, and so is Carl Jennings' bank account. After years of just keeping Pegasus Investigations afloat, he realizes it may be time to give up. His mood is not helped by his beloved Mavericks' loss in the NBA finals. Carl doesn't immediately recognize the pierced, tattooed, young man waiting at his office. The kid, who performs with a freak show, wants him to find a missing girl. Carl's depressed state explains why the slow recognition; his bank account explains why he accepts the case, even though the kid took a swing at him once. When the...

Dallas, Texas, January 2014. The trial of the century is about to begin in a courtroom about two hundred yards from where JFK was assassinated. Jeff Starks, Pegasus Investigations' newest employee, generally pays little attention to scandal news, but this is different. The beautiful young lady on trial for a cold blooded murder is a Pegasus employee. That is why Jeff is minding the store when a beautiful woman asks Pegasus to look into some threats she has received. Meanwhile, halfway across the globe, the Winter Olympics are about to begin in Russia. Sochi, the host city, is closer to...