Surfacing in the backwash of an assignment gone wrong the name John Gunner arouses curiosity at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Who is John Gunner? Where is John Gunner? Special Agent Jane Shuman is determined to find out. John Gunner's whereabouts is also a matter of concern to Group One. Privately financed by one of the world's wealthiest men, known only to the president and a select few, Group One exists to eliminate enemies of the United States. If John Gunner is found by the FBI before Group One can eliminate him he could reveal the existence of this Top, Top Secret Unit. John Gunner's efforts to disappear and Agent Shuman's tireless pursuit of truth result in a deadly fame of adult Hide and Seek that leaves a trail of unexplained deaths across the Washington landscape.