Older, but not necessarily wiser, Aiden Pearce, the Fox, is a rolling stone, surviving by moving from one shadowy hacker job to the next. While in Baltimore, hes captured by a mysterious agent who insists finding missing cargo full of transhuman tech is something only Pearce can do. When flattery doesnt work, hes blackmailed into taking the job. Worse, hes partnered again with the unscrupulous Jordi Chin. Soon what looks like a simple investigation spirals into a nefarious plot leading all the way to the White House. Yet why should Aiden help a country that only wants him behind bars? For the Vigilante, no one escapes hard justicenot even Uncle Sam.