The political activist of the CIA, Nathan Muir, is facing the fate of retirement because of his knowledge that his lawyer Tom Bishop was arrested in China on charges of espionage. Moyer tries to use all his skills and plans to find a way to free Bishop, though he will experience some more serious difficulties. Soon after looking for a plan to liberate Bishop, Moyer remembers how he recruited and trained a young novice to liberate him and oppose the existing system.