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The story begins in 2005 with David Packouz, a 22-year-old licensed massage therapist in Miami. Disillusioned with his current predicament of rubbing shoulders—or rather, bodies—with old rich men, David dreams of a more prosperous future. After dropping out of college and battling multiple job terminations, he discovers that even his business venture of reselling quality bedsheets to retirement homes has fallen flat.
His mundane existence takes a dramatic turn when he reunites with his old school friend Efraim Diveroli at a funeral. Efraim's life had been far more adventurous; he's been working in arms dealing, recently breaking free from a partnership gone sour with his uncle. The chance encounter draws David into Efraim's world of gun-running and military contracts.