Living a life of emotional dependence on a lost love, Nathan has nothing to live for, except the humdrum of a crippling life. Believing that people cannot resist the currents of their time, he has been docile taking life as it comes along, until the secret police pick him up for interrogation. Then, he realizes that behind the facade of revolutionary slogans he has almost come to believe carte blanche is a more sinister plan. Someone has to stop the powerful. But who? He finds an ally in Major Adams, convinces him that the powerful don't have all the monopoly on intrigue and blackmail. Major...