In this spellbinding sequel to In The War Zone, Gibb Quinn bides his time at Big Byte headquarters, wondering if Alicia Farrell dares accept his parting challenge to join him for a New Year's Eve reunion in San Francisco. A world away on the opposite coast, Alicia faces the biggest decision of her life. Will she escape from Chatham's stifling New England small town provincialism, or bend to her domineering parents' will and marry Josh Bingham, Jr., a charter member of their upper class Ivy League social circle. San Francisco turns out to have more in store than the answer. An unexpected perilous encounter launches Gibb on a wild ride that puts Alicia in mortal danger and finally decides their romantic fate.