United Earth quantum security is unbreakable. It is impossible for two people to swap cards. What if the impossible happens? What if one of the cards belongs to the leader of Earth? All Arnie wants is to get away from his boxlike hab and his mindless job, perhaps to find a girl more likable than his cynical ex-girlfriend. Things look promising when he meets Nikki on his dream vacation in Swedish Lapland. But their ski tour goes terribly wrong when they become entangled in murder and intrigue. Amid the confusion of identity swapping, Arnie is faced with the impossible task of protecting Nikki from threats both external and internal while preventing the takeover of Earth by department heads gone berserk.