Elaborate preparations are underway fora state visit by young Queen Elizabeth II. But when a brazen art robbery leads to an RCMP officer being shot just days before her arrival, concerns for the Queen's safety arise. RCMP investigator Kent Riley is brought into solve the case but every step Riley takes to protect the Queen draws him back into his conflicted past, and into his deadly, childhood friend Flynn Dolan's grasp. In the end Riley must choose between duty and loyalty, knowing either path will end in betrayal.