Julia Fleming, a stunningly beautiful and successful business woman, and Wilson Streatfield, a cool and distant research scientist, are the perfect professional couple. Though their marriage lacks passion, for ten years it has served them both well, producing a comfortable home with two cherished children in the care of a loving, trusted nanny.
But the practical balance that is Julia's life shatters when her husband makes a startling scientific discovery that promises to revolutionize the world--a breakthrough that a powerful, deadly force will do anything to prevent. First, the long-faithful Wilson suddenly leaves her, seemingly for the arms of another woman. Then, her children mysteriously disappear--taken with the help of those Julia trusted most. Trapped in a terrifying nightmare, Julia must smash the boundaries of her sheltered life and play a game of hunter and prey that could save her family...or destroy them all.