内容简介：
From a bunker in rural Virginia an organization schemes to take control of the worldas energy. Amanda Chambers, young, industrious, and curious, uncovers their plan. She confides in her brother, Will, and assassins are sent after them both. Conflict arises over the intent to make the organization an instrument of murder, forcing Roland Priestly, a founder and its main operative, to reconsider his values. Roland confronts Harry Axelrod, a crass, money-hungry oil baron who is working with Senator Chastain Hampton to create a new world order. Drunk with power, they are convinced that they can resolve the issues which plague mankind. Distorted egos threaten to control the lives of an entire planet. Throughout the action, an unidentified person is shown to be the real power behind these diabolical strategiesaan architect of anarchy who threatens the world as we know it and who will stop at nothing.