Max White's best client had an outstanding year and he was looking forward to receiving his fees. Then he discovered almost $6 million missing from her bank account. A few hours later Max found out that his client's son had been kidnapped at gunpoint in Sao Paulo. Now things had really taken a turn for the worse. Before long Max and his business partner are caught up in a complex web of assassins, warring drugs gangs, thieves and money launderers that takes them from London to Miami, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.