In this novel the lead character, Ben Wright, has solved the most vexing problem in physics, the Unified Field Theory. The moment he attempts to make it known, all hell breaks loose. Ben discovers, to his dismay, that his ideas are not his own. After a failed kidnapping attempt by a terrorist cell, the U.S. government, recognizing the weaponry potential, claims ownership of the theory.

Fearful that the theory, in the wrong hands, may do harm to humanity, Ben flees for cover to his native home Crisfield, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay. It is there that science and technology collide with the residents of the town in an epic confrontation, involving the U.S. government and the terrorists.

While Crisfield may seem to be an unlikely place for a showdown having world-wide implications, it is revealed in this backwater town, through its wonderful cast of characters, that the moral and ethical compass still points to true north, to the direction we must take if we are to survive into the future.