Government bureaucrat Tristan Newberry discovers a file code-named "Prodigy" buried in an obscure Department of Agriculture box. What the file reveals about presidential candidate David Hallorin could swing the election. Soon Tristan is dead, and the file lands in the hands of Darby Moore, his former lover. Renegade FBI agent Mark Beamon is hired by Hallorin's team to find the elusive young woman. He eventually switches sides, joining Darby in an effort to get the contents of Prodigy to the American people.