Tom Fairchild is a man with a past he cant shake. Hes struggling to make it as a graphic artist, but his probation officer thinks he ought to be in jail. When millionaire real estate developer Stuart Barlowe offers him $50,000 to travel to Italy to duplicate a rare Renaissance map, Tom sees a way to solve his problems. The only catch is that Barlowes daughter, Allison, his high-school sweetheart and a map expert herself, has to supervise the project. Soon, Tom starts to suspect that Barlowe wants a forgery not a duplicate. When people start turning up dead, and Tom and Allison realize theyre being tailed by two dangerous men, it becomes clear that they can trust no one . . .