The huge brightly painted vehicle ground down through the gears...it looks like a crazy fairground ride, but two men have already died to bring to its location. If it does its job now, countless others face destruction. In the cab is the man known to his disciples as Priest and two women, bonded by idealism and love. Star's is for the guru who once brought reality to her dreams; the younger Melanie's is for her child, the same man and the future. Priest stopped running when he founded the commune lost in the foothills of Sierra Nevada, never once leaving the 60s behind...because without it, he's just another tortured ex-mobster, with no space for his soul to find peace. A week ago, he and his friends went on radio claiming they could bend the Governor of California to their will. The cops in Sacramento had heard their demands a million times before. The only one taking them seriously is FBI agent Judy Maddox. Because this time, they've promised an earthquake to force the issue... and the earthquake is now forty-eight hours away...