James Mercer, a gifted young chemist, finds himself thrust into the middle of a vicious insurgency in the war-torn country of Coren after being wrongly accused of trying to assassinate the nation's leader, Dr. Johnathan Nightrick. In exchange for protection, James is made to begin producing chemical weapons for the very rebels who framed him in the first place. On the run and out of options, he bides his time while planning his escape to the West,...