The women of Memory have curtailed most nighttime activities. They now look over their shoulders and have learned not to trust anyone. Young women are being kidnapped, their bodies later found with organs removed. The coroner discovers IV lines still inserted in the latest victim's veins. For what purpose? What was being injected -- or extracted? Dr. Stephen Hall, director of the prestigious Pinehurst Institute, fights for funding without government restrictions to continue his research. His dream is to cure patients afflicted with diseases traditional medicine cannot help. Detective Harley Rhodes is warned not to trust anyone.

When he goes to interview a "mole" he finds another murder. After Harley is wounded and his car is blown up, he realizes he has to trust someone -- he cannot investigate without help! He elicits the aid of rookie Jim Bryant, and they begin to fill in some puzzle pieces.