Jack Briggs is a cop in trouble. The Houston Police Department's smartest, toughest undercover narcotics cop. Briggs carries a chip on each shoulder and has always believed he was invincible. There's a reason for that. Briggs survived an abusive childhood: it's what gives him an edge on the streets. And it is on the streets, on the most dangerous undercover assignments that Briggs feels the most comfortable. For is here that he can make use of his own dark impulses, deal with his demons. Like the drug dealers he pursues, Briggs likes to play the game: going to the edge and looking over. But Briggs makes what may be a fatal mistake. He sleeps with the wrong woman. The consequences of that single act turn Briggs' world upside down, send him down a path of revenge and redemption. As he tries to stop his freefall, Briggs has to stay one step ahead of a bad cop, take down a major drug dealer, and deceive the man who is the reason he became a cop. Suddenly Briggs finds himself battling to save his badge, his sanity, and ultimately, his very life.