Four lives intersect on the night of a shocking crime: Peter Morgan, recently released from prison following a drug conviction, struggling to go straight but in desperation turns back to crime to survive; Carl Waters, a convicted murderer also newly paroled, hired to carry out the crime; Ted Lee, a San Francisco police detective with a troubled marriage, hoping to protect an innocent family; and Fernanda Barnes, widow of a dot-com executive with three children, now broke and facing a mountain of debt--and meets her greatest challenge when she becomes the victim of a devastating crime...