It seemed like an easy choice—help the military bury a deadly secret, or risk losing one of the greatest scientific discoveries in history.

Will St. John is a brilliant scientist on the path to a Nobel prize, his name forever etched in the history of science. So, when the military dangles a five-million-dollar research contract in front of him, Will thinks he’s hit the lottery. However, he soon finds himself at the center of a military scandal—the coverup of a deadly drug worth billions to the army. The colonel in charge has made her threats clear and Will must deliver; either falsify the data on the drug safety, or his career will be over and his reputation ruined forever. But when he becomes the lead suspect in the murder investigation of his top researcher, Will knows the only way out is to tell the truth no matter the cost.