Thirty-two year old Alexandra Moreland is a rising star in the architectural world and lives in Manhattan. But when she is plagued by identity theft, her successful life is turned upside down. Someone has gained access to her bank accounts, credit cards, personal background, and is now impersonating her. Then, with overwhelming circumstantial evidence stacked against her, Alexandra is arrested for the murder of a woman she claims she's never met....

When the DEA shut downs its dummy corporation operation codenamed SWORDFISH in 1986, they had generated $400 million. Fifteen years of compound interest later, it has swelled to $9.5 billion. A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell wants the money. Convicted computer hacker Stanley Jobson is brought in to slice into the government mainframes and get the money.