The Old Man is dead. Langdon Elerbee, Chairman and founder of Elerbee Engineering, has succumbed to cancer. Within days, his multi-million dollar company had devolved into clandestine corporate infighting. Dave Paige is a rising young star, a protégé of the late founder. Paige, scheduled to become Executive Vice President in the near future, soon discovers that President and CEO Jeff Wylie and his understudy Jim Ogden have their own blueprint for gaining control of the firm.