Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies       A significant portion of their work is for the C      I      A       and while on a case for them, one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee       His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames       He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile       For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend