Stone Barrington has faced intrigue before and come out clean on the other side, but this latest turn of events might be too scandalous even for him.

Stone Barrington is enjoying a round of golf in Key West when the game is violently interrupted-- and the target of the disturbance may have been Meg Harmon, a brilliant businesswoman behind a software startup on the cutting edge of technology. This incident is only the first thrust in a deadly scheme to push the beautiful young woman out of the way and put her company's valuable secrets up for grabs. Trying to protect Meg, Stone finds that her enemy is far more resourceful-- and dangerous-- than he could have anticipated.