Ace ventures into a world few Americans dare to enter and live to tell the tale. North Korea, the secretive 'Hermit Kingdom,' becomes a battleground of deception, conspiracy, treason, and murder as unprecedented events unfold during an official delegation visit to Pyongyang. When Ace uncovers a closely guarded secret involving an insidious plan orchestrated by a group known as 'Crimson Sun, 'he becomes entwined in the conspirator's deadly strategy. Crimson Sun is determined to keep their secret from being revealed by the American, and Ace's survival skills and courage are put to the ultimate test. The regime's brutality and a clock ticking towards an explosive climax become the main obstacles in Ace's seemingly impossible quest to prevent impending disaster from engulfing the Korean Peninsula.