Marcus Conrad O'Hare, a struggling author in Seattle, Washington, scratches out a meager living writing short stories. Because of his intense curiosity about the unknown, he is unwillingly thrust into a mystery of deadly portent. From suicides that may be more sinister than they appear to treacherous schemes two thousand miles away, O'Hare struggles through the dark, convoluted mechanisms surrounding him while trying to maintain his own faith in life...