Robert Bellamy, an American naval intelligence officer, is called in on a special undercover assignment by the NSA: investigate the mysterious crash of an experimental meteorological balloon in the Swiss Alps and locate the ten known witnesses to the incident. As he crisscrosses the world searching for clues, Bellamy uncovers a murderous governmental plot and a powerful international cabal of corporate CEOs. After narrowly escaping death, he goes into hiding, hunted by an unknown lethal force. The story unfolds to reveal his past—why the woman he loves the most cannot return his feelings, why his friends are his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn the incredible secret hidden in the Swiss Alps.