Blue-eyed Hector Munoz (his present name) is fluent in five languages,
can kill a man a hundred different ways and yet, at twenty-three had
learned almost nothing about life and love. His father and brother were
brutally murdered by corrupt U.S. military officers when he was seven.
The teacher, a close friend of his father, took control of the boy’s
life, as well as the future debt to be paid. Now, after years of
rigorous training, the assassin is judged ready. But is he? The plan to
draw out the officers has been set into motion. Hector has only to
illegally cross the border from Mexico and retrieve keys to safe deposit
boxes containing eight-million dollars and incriminating documents
before the officers can respond. It shouldn’t be a problem. But then
Hector’s plan didn’t include Mexican bandits; ruthless mercenaries also
after the keys and led by a sadistic cowboy; or a sleazy Chicago mob
figure. Things get more complicated for him when a third party joins the
search for the keys, the crazed leader of a militia group with a secret
room in his basement reserved for “guests” – and then falling in love
with an escaped guest, Lucy. Hector also didn’t realize that the
mercenaries’ target, an ex-Force Recon team holding the keys and the
last four men to see his father alive, were far from old and rusty. In
the race for the keys, Hector must confront the emotional emptiness in
his life that he wasn’t allowed to experience in his quest for
vengeance. With time running out, he is forced to make a choice: follow
the assassination plan or ally with the surviving recon team, their
families, and Lucy before they are eliminated; and, maybe discover who
he really is.
