Hearing an explosion of gunfire, Alison Archer races down the stairs just in time to see a shadowy figure fleeing--and her father lying in a pool of blood. Now, Alison is alone--with her grief and the realization that something is terribly wrong at Megtex, her father's corporation that she now owns and runs. Soon she is stalked by a cunning madman who has killed before . . . and will kill again.