This is the story of a 41-year old CIA analyst, Val Jeffries, whose personal and professional lives become hopelessly entangled, threatening to destroy not only his marriage, but all he has worked for throughout his career. As the story begins, Val runs into an old girl friend from high school at a friend's party, Melanie Newman, whom he's surprised to find has blossomed into a ravishing beauty. Even more surprising, she's married to a young Israeli...