Josh Duffy and his wife Nikki are both working for the State Department's Diplomatic  Security Service providing protection for diplomats in the field. They've been sent to  Ghana with a team of US embassy personnel who are there to highlight American  commitment to the construction of a new dam.

Since Ghana is a stable democracy, the Duffy children have come along for a short  vacation. But stability proves to be fleeting when a Chinese plan to embarrass the US  means the destruction of the dam. Now Josh and his protectees are on the run caught  between a Chinese hit squad and a rebel army.