IN AN UNDERWORLD WHERE HUMAN LIFE HAS LITTLE VALUE, IS THERE ANYONE WE CAN TRUST? It looked like a simple case of blackmail for sexual misconduct. But when Eddie Maez, a prize-winning journalist, is asked to investigate, he finds himself dragged into a thicket of drug smuggling, human trafficking and illegal sports betting in the treacherous borderland of south Texas. Caught in a web of greed, secrets, lies and deceit, Eddie must find a way out. But in this underworld where human life has little value, who can he trust?