Dr. Jonathan Ransom becomes involved in the mysterious world of espionage and tries to determine the motives and loyalties of his wife Emma, a dangerous undercover agent, when the scary consequences of a 1980 crash of an American B-52 bomber on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan come to fruition thirty years later.

"Violet and Finn were "meant to be," said everyone, always. They ended up together by the hands of fate aligning things just so. Three years into their marriage, they have a wonderful little boy, and as the three of them embark on their first vacation as a family, Violet can't help thinking that she can't believe her luck. Life is good. So no one is more surprised than she when Finn leaves her at the beach -- just packs up the hotel room and disappears....