Eighteen year old Scott McCully finds himself drawn into the dangerous world of espionage as he seeks the truth about his parents' deaths. When Scott's parents fail to show up for his football game - again - he's more disappointed than concerned. Disappointment to turns to grief when a secret agent tells him his parents have been killed. How could God have allowed his parents to die? and who are his parents anyway? Secret agents aren't exactly known for their candor, and Scott realizes the only way to get the truth about his parents will be to get it himself. He's been told the secrets are there for his protection, and the deeper he gets, the more likely it seems that he might not live to find out the truth.