Harlan Stone is at the top of his game – An unflinching federal agent who reports solely to the President. But why is this highly specialized operative poking around Pennsylvania Dutch Country, grilling a back-water doctor about a sterile bull?

Questions proliferate. Within a month, the global beef market collapses, and unexplained environmental disasters and panic strike worldwide. The Earth is spiraling toward catastrophic ruin. Eco-terrorists? Ruthless extortionists? Rogue nations? Someone’s after something, but who and why?

It’s a race against time; the future of the planet is on a stopwatch, and Harlan is the one person capable of preserving humanity. Life as we know it hangs in the balance.