In present day Afghanistan an Iraqi agent who is working for the C.I.A has turned and blows himself up in Kabul.The Kabul station is also dealing with a mole and possible drug trafficking between the Military, C.I.A  and the Taliban, the morale and leadership is a mess.

John Wells C.I.A. covert agent is back in Montana trying to reconcile with his son who he barely knows due to his covert ops when he gets the call from Eliot Schafer to meet with him and C.I.A chief Vinny Duto to discuss an op.

Wells is asked to go to Kabul as an undercover observer to see how bad the mess is, which leads to an exciting tale of betrayal and war.