Alaskan Coast Guard rescue swimmer Trey DeBolt is brutally injured when his helicopter goes down during a harrowing rescue. He awakens thousands of miles away, in a seaside cabin in Maine, to the news that he has been officially declared dead. Back in Alaska, however, Coast Guard investigator Shannon Lund uncovers evidence that DeBolt might still be alive, and her search to find him quickly becomes personal.

The nurse who has been treating DeBolt is brutally killed by military-trained assassins while a bizarre vision guides DeBolt to safety. Other images appear, impossible revelations that are unfailingly accurate. As he runs for his life, DeBolt discovers he has been drawn into an ultra-secret government project.