When Chicago high school English teacher Jessica Lawton and her husband, Marc appear to wake up on New Year's morning 33 minutes before they had actually fallen asleep, Jessica's instincts tell her something is very amiss. With minimal assistance from her skeptical husband, Jessica follows her intuition down a trail of deceit, danger and conspiracy. Proving to be smarter, stronger and more self-sufficient than Marc has given her credit for, Jessica's adventure takes her to Washington, D.C. as well as the foothills of Virginia. It is there that she not only learns the true identity of one of the people closest to her, but also uncovers what may be the biggest secret in U.S. military history.