When a man comes into Father Thomas Madden's confessional asking for absolution for a murder he has yet to commit, the priest knows he is in the presence of evil, or worse yet, madness. But when the unrepentant man reveals that his target is Father Madden's own sister, all hell breaks loose.
FBI agent Nick Buchanan is charged with protecting Lauran Madden from the elusive madman, and the only way to do that is to glue himself to her side, night and day . . .