Adan Gorozpe is an upstart, a fact he freely acknowledges. His fortuitous marriage to Priscila heiress to powerful businessman Celestino Holguin transforms him from a lowly law-school graduate to an influential attorney, a man who now rules over the lives of people and extensive properties, a man that is held in the highest regard. Adan Gongora is the National Security Secretary; a tiny slip of a man, the extent of his cruelty belies the shortness of his stature. In a country weighed down by massive corruption, his goal is to end the chaos. Gongora's clean-up methods are horrifying: the incompetent are eliminated, the innocent locked behind bars or assassinated. One day, Gongora invites Gorozpe to run for the magistrature. But Gorozpe knows that it is time to get rid of, or at least neutralize, Gongora. So, how does one proceed when faced with an adversary of this caliber? How does a person stop the current that seems to be dragging the country directly to the drain?
