My name is Manfred Stoney. I'm a twenty-seven year old private investigator working out of a cheap one room walkup office in San Francisco's seedy Tenderloin District. It's been three years since my 'other than honorable discharge' from the Army Rangers. There was a woman involved. There always is. This one was my lieutenant's too young and too beautiful wife with a penchant for sex and tough enlisted men. She taught me we can't choose who we love...