A top-notch American researcher, stumbling on a hidden agenda, survives a deadly plunge off the New England coast while keeping one step ahead of a government contract killer. Not far behind is a feisty female CIA operative hell bent on cutting him off from passing classified US material to a foreign power. With dying no option, Harmon Page grabs his life with both hands relying on instinct, self-preservation and wits to avoid becoming collateral damage.