Conrad Mayday has always fought the rumors that his beautiful and successful wife, Micker, has been unfaithful. To make matters worse, it's his longtime nemesis, Bran Hall, suspected of being his wife's lover. But Conrad is set on brushing the rumors aside when he welcomes his newborn daughter, Belle, into the fold. Then one night, Micker vanishes at sea in the mysterious Farallon Islands, an uninhabited place teeming with great white sharks just miles from San Francisco. The police rule her death a shark attack, but Conrad believes it's something more - and his quest to find the truth will soon put him in a world of danger.