When two slick criminals set out to rip off a valuable item of high tech from a San Diego defense research lab, everything seems to go their way. Until the lab hires small-time security consultant Kirbi Mack. Young, female, and biracial, she's used to being underestimated. But her employers soon learn just what a formidable set of skills she brings to the game. The duo she's up against is sneaky and clever, but then so is she. Because not only is her professional reputation at stake--maybe in the end even her life.