In Washington, d.c., a homeless man dies in commander Gray Pierce's arms, shot by An Assassin's bullet. But the death leaves behind a greater mystery: a bloody coin found clutched in the Dead Man's hand, an ancient relic...In Washington, d.c., a homeless man dies in commander Gray Pierce's arms, shot by An Assassin's bullet. But the death leaves behind a greater mystery: a bloody coin found clutched in the Dead Man's hand, an ancient relic that can be traced back to the Greek oracle of delphi.