"Samantha Albright is close to realizing the freedom and independence that she has struggled to achieve since distancing herself from the violence of her early life in rural North Alabama. Sam is forced to choose between the ruin of her future plans or undertaking a dangerous role as a confidential informant for US intelligence. Now, her innate distrust of others means that she must navigate this landscape of coercion, betrayal and deceit alone, in order to restore control to her life."