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Emily Brand, a physicist, has made a breakthrough that could supply cheap, safe, limitless power, and then she vanishes. Her research partner is killed in a plane crash, and the reader is left to wonder whether the two events are connected.

The man determined to find her is David Lucci, a ruthless oil executive running NARCON's enormous resources. Long before the story begins, Emily did something to him that he has never forgotten, and he now wants her silenced before she can reveal her work to the world. He is prepared to use torture, blackmail, and even murder to get what he wants.

The novel is a tense, fast-moving thriller in which a scientific discovery and corporate greed collide. Its central question is how far one powerful man will go to protect his interests, and whether Emily can stay ahead of him.