After stumbling upon a plot to overthrow the democratically-elected government of Hugo Chávez, James Mitchel finds himself in the midst of a coup that his own country appears to be involved in.In his new role as military attaché to the US Embassy in Caracas, he tried to escape from the horror of his last mission and the nightmares that continue to haunt him. But life is rarely that simple in the murky world of geopolitics.Propelled by a need to amend the wrongs of the past, Mitchel teams up with his best friend, the Venezuelan intelligence officer José Abrantes, in an effort to restore democratic power and avert further bloodshed in a thrilling race against time. Primarily a work of fiction based on fact, this is the second James Mitchel adventure novel.