Selected from childhood by a corrupt corporate/government experimental medical cartel, computer scientist Scott Russell is immersed in a round the clock brainwashing program to produce the perfect assassin. Bombarded with ultrasound and laser weaponry, stalking and surveillance, sabotage of employment, and mysterious confrontations with government thugs, Scott exists in a world of total betrayal. Codenamed SAMSON, Scott escapes from Baltimore, Maryland to San Diego, California where he meets San Diego Times reporter Laura Paxton. Paxton, who is investigating a horrifying restaurant massacre by a programmed Top Gun pilot, helps Scott expose the truth regarding the hidden Latin American mission to seize energy resources that he was chosen for.