When an acquaintance from college dies on his doorstep from an assassins gunshot wound, former government operative Lee Trainer, quietly living in Montana, finds a mysterious computer chip in the dead man's pocket The chip is a new and mysterious kind with curious abilities. The killers, desperate to retrieve the chip make several unsuccessful attempts on his life and open a trail of deception and murder. Following leads from Montana to the Cayman Islands, Trainer gathers former comrades, a beautiful former lover and a friend from the past who likes to hurt killers. Together they become entangled in a widespread conspiracy to destroy the country.
