Un chino que trabaja para una empresa de construccion de propiedad estadounidense desaparecio de las calles de Shanghai en plena luz del dia. Su unico agente de seguridad tambien esta desaparecido. Riesgo Rutherford es una empresa especializada en la extraccion: las negociaciones, y el rescate de rehenes. La investigacion privada es ilegal en la China de hoy. Operar dentro de sus fronteras, sera aun mas dificil. La empresa de seguridad contrata a dos personas especiales, ajenos a cumplir ordenes, pero modestos y eficaces en cumplir operativos. Ir tras el dinero los conduce a consecuencias mas complejas que cualquiera otra cosa que haya sido anticipada. / A Chinese National working for an American-owned construction company is grabbed off the streets of Shanghai in broad daylight. His one-man security detail goes missing as well. Rutherford Risk is a firm specializing in extraction: the negotiation for, and the recovery of hostages. Private investigation is illegal in today's China. Operating within her borders will be difficult at best. The security company recruits two unique outsiders to do their bidding. Grace Chu is a forensic accountant hired to follow the money; John Knox is a civilian with unparalleled training in both combat and culture. Graces top-notch American education and Chinese military service make her an unassuming, but effective, operative, while Knoxs take-no-prisoners attitude brings them perilously close to harm. Following the money leads to more complex consequences than either anticipated.