Retiring Secretary of Defense James Forrestal is convinced that someone is out to get him - and he wants Nathan Heller to find out why. It's an investigation that takes Heller from a Washington rife with Commie paranoia to the tiny desert town of Roswell, New Mexico, where a flying saucer is rumored to have landed two years before.

When Heller uncovers information about a mysterious military group called Majestic Twelve, evidence of a far-reaching conspiracy begins to surface. Suddenly Heller is asking questions no one wants to answer and making enemies in high places, as two seemingly unrelated cases converge - with deadly results...