The CDB is a covert intelligence branch of the CIA set up solely to monitor the whereabouts of just one man. William Naylor, a young ambitious field agent, is recruited for the purpose of injecting some new energy into the aging department. Knowing very little prior to being selected, he is briefed on the operations of the CDB. He is then shocked to learn that the entire division is only interested in the capture of the wanted man who has evaded capture since 1963. The fact that the fugitive has been elusive longer that the young agent has been alive raises some questions that lead to some extraordinary answers.