Mike Lancer’s fondest dream after returning from Vietnam is to become a private investigator. He learned everything he needed to know about surveillance and discipline as a Recon Scout for Uncle Sam. Angela Lancer reluctantly follows him to San Francisco, California, where Lancer, Inc. becomes a reality. One dark night, Mike’s dream evolves into Angela’s nightmare. Mike is beaten and thrown from a car onto the curb like yesterday’s garbage. While Mike lies in the hospital in a coma, Angela is forced to pick up the pieces and move on with a case she knows little or nothing about. Puzzling events lead her to Phoenix, Arizona, where one bizarre event after another confuses and confounds her. Mike’s subsequent recovery unites the pair in an unbelievable tale of greed, passion, murder and suspense, where allies become enemies and nothing is as it seems on the surface.