Scientist and fiction author John McAdams finds himself set-up for murder and on the run after his findings on the origin of the weather phenomenon threatens to expose the plans of building tycoon Victor Bannister.

With the stakes raised, McAdams is on the run. His greatest fear becomes a reality when he discovers the identity of the terrorist hiding in the shadows--a master manipulator with ties to McAdams's own past, empowered with undersea nuclear missiles, and set to detonate another full-scale assault.