GUIDESTAR, 'The last of the Cold War secrets'. Scott Reynolds is a brilliant but stifled young physicist working on one of the largest, most deadly lasers in the world. After a strange and devastating accident at his top-secret facility in the sleepy home counties of England, he discovers that his experiments may actually be responsible for dozens of unexplained and terrifying disasters all around the world, and beyond. Infected with the deadly knowledge of 'the connection' and the startling truth about his not-so incompetent employer, Scott has no choice but to run. As Scott's life is turned upside down and inside out by extraordinary events, he gradually befriends the most unlikely of allies, Paige Brook-Pemberton: a wild and apparently reckless anti-nuclear campaigner with secrets of her own. This exuberant and enigmatic young woman not only has the potential to change his life forever but perhaps even the future of the entire human race. Together, Scott and Paige must strive to evade capture at all costs and vanish without a trace but how could they possibly slip through the intricate fingers of the ruthless, shadow-like agents from MI5, MI6, the N.S.A and those beyond?