Newly divorced federal judge Grace Silva turns to Joe Faroe, a former lover and ex-kidnapping specialist, for help when her teenage son Lane Franklin is taken hostage by a Mexican drug lord who is demanding millions he claims were stolen from him by Lane's father.
Archeologist Lina Taylor teams up with former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Hunter Johnson to track down four ancient Mayan artifacts that have disappeared.
Hired by the eccentric aunt of New Mexico's multimillionaire governor Quintrell to research their family, genealogist Carolina May stumbles into a dark and dangerous secret about the Quintrell family that threatens her life.