Tom Barrick suffers the worst night of his life and loses his self-control, just as the most lucrative deal of his life is offered. Dirk Crittendon, sole owner of the largest defense contracting conglomerate on Earth is losing hundreds of billions of dollars. Someone is stealing and selling the results of his expensive research and development programs, information that is decrypted and collated in only one room in the world. Only three people have access to that room and one of them is Crittendon himself. The two others, Dr Belle Thibodeaux an Elias McMahon, his lifelong friend, are two of the most trustworthy people he has ever known. Can Tom recover himself to stop the massive losses which could trigger a world-wide economic meltdown? Will he ever learn what the mysterious Dr Thibodeaux has discovered about him?