Jerry Fletcher is a New York cab driver with the conspiracies and plots he sees lurking in every dark corner of American life. Alice Sutton is the ambitious, cynical Justice Department attorney who finds his wild imaginings cute, if a little wacko. But when Jerry is abducted, tortured and barely escapes with his life, Alice realizes that one of his theories may have hit too close to the truth. Soon they are both on the run, pursued by the CIA, the FBI, and a mysterious nemesis calling himself Dr. Jonas. What dark secret has Jerry stumbled on? What frightening realization is Alice about to make? And how has this insidious conspiracy already affected them?