12. Last Card Up

At the compound of a religious leader who doesn't pay taxes, the ATF arrives to take him in. But he refuses to give himself up. Things heat up. Later there's a gunshot that sets off a confrontation between the ATF and the cult that ends with everyone in the compound getting killed in an explosion. Now no one knows who fired the shot and what caused the explosion so before they send Frank back, Taldmadge sends him, Olga and Ramsey to get more info.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

In Big Fork, Idaho, a 53-day standoff between a religious cult and federal forces turns violent and deadly, killing 61 people and ruining the president's human rights conference. After a day and night in Big Fork collecting evidence, someone has let leak about Project Backstep and the press has descended on Never Never Land. To reverse the leak and preserve the president's conference, a backstep is conducted without authorization. Parker and Vukavitch succeed in stopping the massacre, and Ramsey is identified as the leak, having unknowingly spoken about Project Backstep while under anesthesia for a broken tooth.

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