Jake Grafton, a former Vietnam War veteran and air wing commander, is assigned to the Pentagon. He is tasked with leading the development of a new top-secret naval attack aircraft. But he soon finds himself drawn into the hunt for the "Minotaur" - a spy hidden in the bowels of the Pentagon. An FBI counterintelligence agent is on the trail of the “Minotaur” – or is it just what it seems? Who is the real traitor in this Byzantine court-like world? Many tragic events occur before the astonished Grafton discovers who the "Minotaur" is - and the inhuman motives for his actions...