Prominent Houston reporter Lynn McCane is exhausted when she boards a flight from Los Angeles to Houston. Stretched to her limits after working on a feature series for the past three months, all Lynn wants to do is sleep. Sitting next to her is Matt Grayson, Hollywood's latest heartthrob; he's looking forward to a much-coveted weekend respite. As the plane takes off, neither of them realizes that their lives will soon change forever. Their plane is hit by lightning and crashes in the pine woods of East Texas, leaving Lynn injured and Matt shaken. Somehow they have survived, but only by the help of forces unknown to them. What follows is a baffling sequence of events. Matt is told Lynn has died, yet he encounters her in Los Angeles insisting she is not Lynn but Linda McGowan. They soon discover they are embroiled in a conspiracy of government cover-ups and and unauthorized scientific research. Together, Matt and Lynn embark on a journey to uncover and stop the research and those who developed it and prevent it being used on powerful individuals who could change the direction of the country's economy with the right encouragement.