Like so many women’s basketball talents before her, U.S. star Brittney Griner pursues a better financial opportunity by playing in Russia. In 2022, she is detained by Russian authorities, and her high-profile imprisonment sets off a far-ranging geopolitical struggle to secure her freedom, one that would reach the highest levels of power in Washington, D.C. and Moscow. This extraordinary odyssey tells the tumultuous story of this towering presence on and off the court, including the circumstances that led her to Russia, the unwavering determination to secure her freedom, and her renewed perspective upon returning home.