Disheartened former psychiatric researcher Dr. Richard Elliott spends his days sifting through some of Washington, D.C.'s more unfortunate crime victims, while trying to forget the life he left behind. Until a series of mysterious suicides puts him at the heart of a shocking White House scandal and a scientific discovery that could change the world. Finding his own life now very much in danger, Richard realizes that the key to unlocking the mystery lies with his former colleague-and ex-fiancee-Dr. Diane Foster."