Set in 1989, a veteran spy sent undercover in Syria to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist and his family out of Damascus. Within days of his arrival he realizes he's being followed. His partner doesn't show, his local contact disappears, and a group of men are trying to kill him. It's not long before his routine mission unravels to reveal a string of murderous conspirators. The events and people in the script are based on true-life events.