The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary are scared - very scared. Terrorists, riots, the plague sweeping over the country, these are not the cause of alarm. Their concern centers on the documents held by a biochemist, which implicate the Government in a grave crime. Now, the biochemist is missing, as well as his wife and child. Government agent Samantha Quest is searching for them - but soon she is also being watched and hunted. A trail of death follows. Can Quest find the missing family and protect them from powerful men who will stop at nothing to conceal their crimes?