Isaiah Benjamin, an ambitious young man from the wrong side of the tracks gets a chance to "wrestle some measure of prosperity" out of the war on terror as an army-trained 97 Echo interrogator. After he is poverty-drafted into 97 Echo, he is tasked with the rendition and interrogation of an innocent Middle Eastern man Youssef Benhouzen, also a US citizen. When Isaiah realizes his error, the material success he achieves as a private interrogator is no cure for the overwhelming guilt he feels. Isaiah falls into a deep depression, and eventually contemplates suicide. Isaiah's girlfriend, Tara, desperate to rescue him, agrees to appear on the talk show of local celebrity, Dr. Bill Brimstone. In a surprising finale, the possibility of a resolution emerges, but will it materialize in time to stop Isaiah's march towards death?