Thanks to some very influential people whose lives he's saved, Lucas Davenport has a new job. He is a U.S. marshal, but not just any marshal, one with unusual scope. He gets to investigate whomever he wants, wherever he wants, across the country, and once in a while, he might be called upon for 'special cases.' But his first case is something different. A rash of audacious robberies reminds Davenport of a criminal he once chased several years ago, the leader of a gang focused only on large cash crimes, and who didn't mind leaving bodies behind.