Washington Post reporter Ryan Caulder’s assignment in Rwanda to follow a trail of government sponsored human trafficking goes horribly wrong when he upsets the wrong people and gets thrown in jail. After weeks of torture and abuse, he returns to Washington, DC a shattered man. With a new job, new girlfriend and new control over his life, he is once again blind-sided when the general who ordered his incarceration in Rwanda comes to Washington. With apparent bank robbery and murder to his credit, and the FBI pressing hard, Ryan is forced to navigate a way out of his "Prison of Truth."