per now working as a professional assassin, arrives in Santa Fe with a contract to kill a government official. When the hit has to be cancelled, the employer demands that Lacy return the sizeable advance he was given. Lacy refuses. In response, Lacy's employer contracts Silva Archivada, the head of the Sinaloa Cartel in New Mexico, to force Lacy to return the advance or face the consequences. Private Investigator Fernando Lopez finds himself drawn into the bloody war that develops between Lacy and the Sinaloa Cartel in the streets of Santa Fe.