When a murder occurs in the small town of Beaufort, Isa Knight trusts her intuition to get results. Hours before leaving for an assignment, an army CID vanishes without a trace. With the amount of classified intelligence that they know, the threat level is a matter of national security. For Isa, it's a case that hits way too close to home. Knight and her partner, Christopher Neilson, race to discover the truth before government secrets become known to the public and threaten to disrupt the balance in an already unstable society.