It began with a tempting phone call setting up a rendezvous with a nameless news source. It led to a shattering revelation about a renowned U.S. senator . . . his alcoholic wife . . . his blond mistress . . . and his involvement in a monstrous plot that threatened the entire nation. It was enough to get the reporter who broke the story a Pulitzer and put him on easy street for life - if her were willing to stop there. But Paul Silver had already penetrated too deep into the darkest corridors of power to turn back - as he moved even closer to the shock ending of a story whose bottom line was death . . .