Two forces in a race against time...who will win? After a whirlwind romance, a middle-aged Russian woman, Lara Petrova, marries an aging British businessman-Derek Harrison. Unbeknown to Lara, Derek, a seemingly successful business owner under immense pressure to keep his business in the black, has agreed to collaborate with the Russian secret services against Lara's son Alex. Laura's son Alex, is studying nuclear energy science for his doctorate at Stockholm University, and has invented an important new source of energy, which could remove the need for fossil fuels for any country which becomes the owner of this ground-breaking technology. The Russians want the invention at any cost, Japan would be more than interested, but the British want it, too. Alex just wants to stay alive...