Nick Polo-San Francisco-based, smart and slick private eye-has never been known to work strictly within the bounds of the law. So when Ron Dettman-president and owner of a powerful Silicon Valley corporation-is suspected of cheating his friends in a high-stakes poker game, Polo, who has had a few aces up his own sleeve at times, is called in to set up a sting operation. But Dettman's game is much larger than simple embezzlement, and the stakes much higher than those on any poker table. And by the time Polo figures that out, and realizes that he's in way over his head-it's too late to turn back. All he wants to do is get out alive.