"A woman in love may prove to be a more formidable opponent that the one she loves," Michael says. And that's especially true when Madeline falls for a high-level Red Cell captive. Birkoff faces his brother.

Either he's right, or they're all dead wrong. Birkoff pinpoints the location of Red Cell's elusive Cardinal. But a failed attempt to retrieve the rival leader angers Oversight and puts Section One's existence in peril.