The year is 2023, and much of the world enjoys great wealth generated by the triumph of information technology. However, the staphylococcus plague of 2006 wiped out 40 million people, and the 2020 assassination of American President Emily Forrester traumatized the nation. Through it all, the internet remains the main source of information, bombarding people with news, rumors and allegations twenty-four hours a day -- while creating enormous possibilities...

While investigating a terrorist bombing of an airliner, CIA agent Michael Osborne discovers a body with three bullet holes to the face. He recognizes these markings as the work of a world-class assassin and sets out to find him.