In the 1970s, Tom, a young librarian, accidentally uncovers details that the Temple Corporation, a religious company highly connected with right wing extremist organizations, is looking for homosexuals and drug addicts for a mysterious scientific experiment. This unwitting discovery has vile repercussions that put everyone Tom knows in harm's way. As his girlfriend meets a fiery fate, he goes on the offensive, which leads him to Frida, a beautiful prostitute. She helps Tom discover the company's real plan, which only leads to their demise in an Orlando hotel room. Now it is up to Philip, Tom's friend, a college professor, to piece together corporate misleads and lies. Undeterred when his own wife is killed, he becomes obsessed with revenge. Years later, his one last act of courage will prompt the FBI to seek its own brand of retribution and justice on a group that has unleashed a deadly epidemic.