In the mountains of Guanajuato, Mexico sits a picturesque community
favored by artists and tourists. But for American-born Jayne Valseca and
her husband Eduardo, son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, it
became a hell on earth when Eduardo was ambushed by strangers and
kidnapped in the summer of 2007.
Jayne knew that in Mexico kidnapping was a pervasive and lucrative
business-a burgeoning criminal industry with few happy endings. This
time the merchandise was her husband. Sealed in a dark seven-by-six,
two-feet-wide box, Eduardo lived for seven months on little more than
eggshells and chicken bones. He was subjected to the most cruel and
humiliating mental and physical torture imaginable. He had no reason to
believe he'd ever be found alive. As the ransom escalated, so did the
stakes. But Jayne refused to be a pawn in the kidnappers' sick game. She
decided to become a player. If she was to get her husband back alive,
she'd have to be more cunning than the kidnappers and be cool,
calculated and determined...