Leland Brax, a genius, invents the solution to the world's fossil fuel crisis. He discovers how to project and bend a mirror to create massive parabolic solar concentrators. Brax also invents the photon battery to store the huge amounts of energy harnessed from the sun. He decides to introduce his inventions to the world by up fitting a mirror to an electric car and entering it in a solar race outside of Reno. He expected to become a hero by his inventions, but finds most of the world wants him dead due to their ties to the big oil complex. Brax befriends the President of the United States and manages to take his company public, and become one of the richest men on the planet. His problems don't disappear while he searches for love, security, and revenge.