Maestros are dying violently while conducting classical music. Meanwhile, a university research scientist has uncovered a sinister mechanism that could account for the deaths. An oboist with a dark past and his violinist girlfriend become drawn into the research with frightening results. This musical science fiction love story weaves the daily workings of a symphony orchestra into the intricacies of scientific research, and culminates in a dramatic quest to prevent the deaths at the podium and to expose the truth.