A Harvard professor establishes a group to research the cause of increasing political corruption in the U.S. and discovers a 1970 Act that appears to be significant. A Canadian psychologist, and former spy, is working on a similar concept. Their plan to join forces ends before it begins with the mysterious murder of the American.

The successful conspiracy, that originated in 1965, to hijack the U.S. Congress has enjoyed half a century reaping the rewards of their ingenious plan.

Catherine O’Leary, a Massachusetts detective, and the Canadian spy uncover the thread that will unravel the plot and lead to another major scandal in the nation’s capital.

An intricate investigation by a small-town police department expands to an FBI probe that goes all the way to the President.