Will McDonald meets a girl at a party at a lake-house who, once night has fallen, leads the young man into the secluded waters of the lake where together the couple then shares his first prolonged romantic encounter. Exhilarated the next day from his experience in the lake, Will and three friends find their fortunes changed when they are confronted suddenly by Jake and three new friends of the older kid's from prison. During the next twenty-four hours, the nefarious indulgences of an elite group of civic and business leaders of a nearby city, the efforts of survival by a young runaway and a clandestine U.S. Government program which is intended to compromise the legitimacy of political opponents worldwide will all have a direct impact on the futures of Will and his three friends. Taken from the headlines of the day, Dollar Lake will keep the reader astonished and in suspense right up until the last word.