The Defector Within

After being abandoned to an orphanage by his Iranian family and later adopted by an emotionally impoverished American couple, twenty-something Wade Van Clief finds himself slogging through an existential quagmire. In a desperate bid to fill the spiritual void, his search for an anchor ultimately takes him back to his biological family where he is met with an unexpected turn of events.

When his grandfather tactfully hints at a long-simmering plot he has hatched against Wade's adoptive country, it takes little coaxing for the American to enlist. That collusion results in a well-planned conspiracy, orchestrated by his grandfather and facilitated by Wade as he carries out his murderous assignment under the cover of his U.S. citizenship.

It’s not until CIA operative, Clint McCloud, experiences personal tragedy at the hands of the defector that the plot is brought to the light of day. Driven by revenge and his passion for justice, the agent successfully traces the conspiracy back to its Iranian roots…but not without his quarry achieving some success of its own.