Charleston, SC is well known for its elegance and charm. Jacob O'Leary walks its historic streets one morning on his way to the culmination of an extraordinarily lucrative financial transaction. All is not as it seems. Beneath the beauty lurks danger. Instead of closing a substantial business deal, Jacob finds he has wandered into a situation far more dangerous than anything he has ever experienced or could ever imagine. He finds himself in the middle of a bloody 200 year old feud between two of Charleston's oldest families. Mystery surrounds Jacob. He is trapped in a maze of duplicity and menace. Dangerous people from his past ominously appear in Charleston. Someone has been murdered and substantial sums of money are missing. Jacob becomes the suspect. But, the real killers are following Jacob. An imminent hurricane is approaching Charleston. Jacob takes his sailboat to an isolated place of safety; his only crew member is the eyewitness to the murder. He believes he has only the storm to worry about. He thinks they are alone. The hurricane zooms in on Charleston bringing with it The Eye of the Storm. Danger descends upon Jacob with a treacherous fury he does not know that he can handle. As the storm swirls around him, Jacob discovers he is far more powerful than he has ever imagined. His entire life has prepared him to deal with this exact moment. After the storm has passed, Jacob O'Leary's life will never be the same.