While in Paris to find a former NASA employee whose name has been found on papers left in his nemesis's apartment, Paul Madriani stumbles upon a plot to harness the destructive forces of nature using stolen technology.

"This work focuses on what is protectable as a trade secret, litigating trade secret actions, plaintiff's and defendant's perspectives, corporate trade secret protection plans and practices, hiring and terminating employees, criminal prosecution of trade secret misappropriation"--Provided by publisher.