Battered. Wounded. Former Special Agent Kade Black isn't about to give up on the quest to prove his innocence. The trail leads him to the unforgiving deserts of Nevada. A harsh landscape where only the toughest survive. His next clue is buried deep. Sunken in the depths of Lake Mead. But these waters hold secrets never again meant to see the light of day. To uncover the next piece of the puzzle left by a cagey Russian operative, Kade will face a threat created before the glittering lights of Sin City lit the remote reservoir's horizon. A bloodsport dating back to the Gold Rush and reinvented for the Digital Age. He must make a gamble with his very life as the stakes. A sadistic mobster stands in his way and a twisted contest meant to be the ultimate game of survival. Is Kade tough enough to take the prize? Or will he end up like the rest, in over his head?