The Alpha-Omega Group is one of the most respected "think-tanks" in the country. They are unexpectedly given a government assignment regarding the advisability of postponing a national election, and what circumstances, if any, would warrant such a postponement. Nancy Kendall, a young, enterprising woman is made the project director. The results of the assignment, an unexpected death of a presidential candidate, and Nancy Kendall's ambition raise two unanswered questions: who wanted this information and why.