A gentle squeeze of the trigger followed by a distant shatter of glass and the contract was executed. Retired Agent Michael Hopkins has been summoned back to the States to identify the body of his assassinated former Agency partner, Maureen OBrien. Having made the official identification at the secret government morgue he returns to his hotel room to grieve the death of his former lover turned closest friend to find that things arent quite as they seem. A tale of duty, betrayal, revenge and love during the time known as The Troubles in Northern Ireland .