The dangers facing U.S. Border Patrol Agents while policing our frontier are brought to life in this story of murder, kidnapping and the footprints that drug trafficking leave on the lives of those brave people locked in the battle to protect us. Rusty Powell is one of these heroes. His personal ordeal dramatically impacts those individuals his life touches on both sides of the border. Richard Martinez, an FBI agent with a Mexican heritage of his own, risks his life and career to rescue Powell from the grip of a violent drug cartel and the forces of nature to bring the nightmare to an end.