Dave McGilvary is a seasoned FBI agent. A trained survivor, a tough man, with only one fatal flaw, he values human decency. When the Bureau is drawn into a highly sensitive case of oil corporation dirty tricks. McGivary is fingered as the best man for the job....until he makes the bad mistake of uncovering the truth. Unwilling to compromise his principles, he is now a man caught between sworn duty and sudden death. His only ally is a lovely young attorney, whose opposing ideals and suspicion of his motives are overcome by their common cause... and growing attraction.