It's been fifteen years since Mitch McDeere, together with the FBI, blew up his criminal old company. He now works in the world's largest law firm in Manhattan. Then crime catches up with him again: When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor, Mitch quickly finds himself at the center of a murderous conflict. He is supposed to end a hostage-taking by paying an immense ransom, but the circumstances are dramatic. Soon not only he himself is in danger, but also those close to him.