Herman has been searching for the perfect girl, but all he's collected are pieces--a chunk of hair; a severed finger; a jar of blood--until the alluring and beautiful Rudy. Rudy is imprisoned in a wooden cage with only her wits against insanity.
It's not politics as usual, or is it? The governor of Louisiana is about to become the vice-presidential candidate for his party but a murder and an international web spanning from South Africa to Pakistan and North Korea might just get in the way.