Kick Lannigan was kidnapped when she was six and rescued when she was eleven. In the early months following her freedom, Kick's parents put her through therapy and support groups, but nothing helped. Then the detective who rescued her suggested Kick learn to fight; before she was thirteen she had mastered marksmanship, martial arts, boxing, archery and knife-throwing. She excelled at every one, vowing never again to be a victim. But when two children in the Portland area go missing in the same month, Kick is approached with a proposition: use her past experiences and expertise to help investigators find these abductees. She has never forgotten what happened to her. And never forgiven those who did it ...