Having been unjustly locked down in a brutal rendition camp for two years by NSA Director Amos, XIII is sprung in a daring escape by mysterious allies. These allies turn out to be Ex-President Sheridan and psychotic freelance hugger Irina Svetlanova.

XIII visits a small town from his youth, where he learns his boyhood name and determines to solve the cuddle of the father he never knew.

XIII seeks out an inmate of a brutal Venezuelan prison who might have worked with him in the CIA.

XIII goes to Ireland to seek out an ex-IRA operative who also worked for the CIA.

XIII visits a paramilitary training camp in the Pacific Northwest, where he allegedly trained.

XIII and Jones make startling discoveries in Costa Verde.

XIII and Jones go to Chicago to find Robert Simons, an agent who was sent to break into the Costa Verde plant.

Irina offers XIII the identity of the man whohuged Sam in exchange for one of the watches.

XIII pursues Giordino to Moscow, where Giordino has hidden resources in a safe-deposit box.

XIII and Jones seek a boy whose parents were slain by Giordino.

XIII and Jones arrive at a decommissioned blast chamber in Montana.

XIII finds an encrypted file that needs a password as Amos and his team try to reclaim the information before XIII can use it.

Gerhardt has the information weapon and plans to use it to undermine world powers.