DEA Special Agent T. J. Leukemeyer is down on his luck after a botched mission calls his instincts--T. J.'s greatest asset--into question. Double-crossed by another agent, facing a failing relationship with his longtime life partner and a career that's headed for a desk job, the native Texan accepts a leave of absence from the agency to handle an off-the-record international job: The Brazilians are looking to clean up Rio de Janeiro's dangerous shanties ahead of the Olympics and need an outsider to gain access to the drug cartels that answer to corrupt, untouchable business leaders and politicians.Working undercover with Rio's Military Police, T. J. infiltrates the dark underbelly of the city's privileged elite--from the real-estate mogul and his telenovela-star wife to an interior designer with a passion for fortunetelling. But someone is after him, someone who may know more than they should. As the clock ticks down to the arrival of a major drug shipment, T. J. must walk a tightrope of lies connecting a dead policeman, a rent boy, and a land deal that will change the face of Rio. In a foreign world filled with treachery and shifting loyalties, he can't trust anybody--even himself.