Sabrina Galloway leaves her native Chicago and relocates in the South in order to be near her father, who admitted himself to a mental institution near Tallahassee. Sabrina is a well respected scientist at EchoEnergy, a company that uses slaughter house waste and turns it into alternative fuel. She works on a team with four other scientists headed by Dr. Dwight Lansik. When Dr. Lansik just disappears one morning, Sabrina suspects foul play since she has discovered that one of the reactors that should not have been opened was spewing out toxic waste. Unwittingly she puts her life in danger when she reports this to EchoEnergy's owner.

Sabrina's small family consists of her father and an estranged brother, Eric. They were a very close to each other until the mother died, which was a life-changing event for all of them, and caused a separation. Father wavers from being lucid to having hallucinations; he tells Sabrina that Eric visited and that he, Eric, works for "Howard Johnson." Since moving to Savannah, she has developed a close bond with her elderly next-door neighbor, Natalie Richards. When it becomes apparent that someone is actually trying to kill her, it is Natalie that devises a plan to keep Sabrina alive.

Political intrigue, corporate espionage, greed, imagination, and danger run amuck in this outstanding eco- thriller. Alex Kava's hide-and-seek tale will keep the reader on the edge of their seat from first page to last. The author's characters are fully fleshed out; the dialogue is crisp and remarkable; and the premise of the story is terrific.