Sam Kincaid, chief of the Special Investigation branch of the Utah Department of Corrections, teams up with Lt Kate McConnell, homicide detective of the Salt Lake City police department, to solve the crime and lessen the political fallout.

They think a parolee with a grudge, Charles Watts, killed Vogue, but when Watts is found dead -an apparent suicide- they must search for another perpetrator. Their search leads to evidence of corruption in the prison system: a group of corrupt state prison employees known as The Commission. They are using the system and the criminal element for their own gain. Sam, along with his aunt and daughter, becomes The Commission’s target. The story becomes a race to who will succeed.

This is a study of the prison system and of those who control it. The action is fast paced, the plot believable, the characters real and resourceful. The story is full of suspense, keeping the reader on edge until the end.