Dr. Clay Mason, civilian, crosses over into the world of death-defying espionage as he runs the gauntlet of the KGB and Cuban MIGS trying to help a top Russian scientist defect.

In 1986, the CIA found a unique way to advance the secret "Star Wars" missile defense project during the meltdown of Chernobyl. Dr. Clay Mason, a humble Midwest professor, would be called upon by his country to go behind enemy lines on a covert mission to extricate one of Russia's most prominent nuclear scientists.