Po atentatu na kandidata za senatorja preiskovalna komisija zaključi, da je zločin zagrešil en sam zmešani morilec. Toda preiskovalni novinar Frady opazi, da je kar sedem prič atentata umrlo v skrivnostnih okoliščinah: Frady sam pa je osma priča. Raziskovanje ga pripelje do podjetja Parallax Corporation, v katerem odkrije grozljivo urjenje plačanih morilcev. Z lažno identiteto se jim pridruži kot eden od rekrutov in se znajde v središču spletk.
Joe Frady is a determined reporter who often needs to defend his work from colleagues. After the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator, Frady begins to notice that reporters present during the assassination are dying mysteriously. After getting more involved in the case, Frady begins to realize that the assassination was part of a conspiracy somehow involving the Parallax Corporation, an enigmatic training institute. He then decides to enroll for the Parallax training himself to discover the truth.
