Contamination?sabotage?terms feared by food industry executives around the world. They prefer to announce the problem as a potential?situation. One of the world's largest snack food manufacturers has called in Industrial Espionage Investigator Jake Barton to examine possible sabotage at its Australian plant. Barton finds this latest ?situation? coincides with glass contamination incidents his firm is already studying at two rival American food companies. However, this particular Australian facility holds an intense personal connection for Barton. Under immense pressure from the manufacturing company presidents to solve the case before word leaks to the media, clues lead Barton in a frantic dash across the Pacific to Europe where he teams up with formidable ex-marine, Hec Kirby. Together they pursue the trail through Germany, and across the Atlantic to Florida. Three murders result before they finally discover the mastermind behind the sabotage.