Fictional thriller: After their testy first encounter, former Army Major Riggs Blanding and graduate student Patina Gregors discover a document that challenges U.S. Supreme Court decisions affecting millions of American workers¿ as well as national and international economies.   The document quickly lands the unlikely team in the crosshairs of lethal agents who answer to a congressman, a powerful trade association and its adversarial union, and the Chinese government. From Washington to Charleston, SC and its backwaters, the operatives are determined to control the document's impact on themselves, their organizations, and the balance of trade.  Riggs and Patina will be compelled to expend every last reserve of their physical prowess, technical skills, and wits if they're to survive deadly confrontations targeting the document and themselves.