03/21/1942 - 03/28/1942. "After an assassin’s bullet stops Helen Meeker dead in tracks her friends must find the man who fired the shot. From the streets of Washington D.C. to the stockyards in Chicago with a side trip to the heart of Texas, danger and intrigue dog a secret government team as Helen hovers between life and death. Will an enemy’s blood offer a second chance at life and the key to finding out what a mysterious tall man really wants?"