What would you do if your daughter was kidnapped and given only a week to live?

Lauren Pennington is celebrating her junior year abroad when an innocent flirtation and drink at Munich's Hofbrauhaus ends with Lauren being kidnapped. In a globe-spanning chase, from the beer halls of Germany, to the tech gardens of California, to the skyscrapers of China, and finally the farmlands of Croatia, Aidan Deveraux's covert team of military and spy agency operatives crack high-tech security and complex human mystery with a dogged determination. Drawing in the Forensic Instincts team, the Zermatt Group will uncover the Chinese businessmen responsible, find the traitors who are helping them, and save Lauren from a brutal death