The company. The CIA is one of the most secretive and networked organizations of all time. It is present in almost every part of the globe, and its activities sometimes have a decisive influence on the distribution of political and economic power in the world. Ben Ellison. A man who is a copyright lawyer, but not so long ago he was considered one of the CIA's most reckless agents. He is happily married, but the memory of the tragic loss of his previous wife haunts him even today. A man whose father-in-law, the director of the CIA, was the victim of a fatal "car accident" one night has completely broken with his oppressive past, but now he has to take on a new assignment...