Mike Vincente’s life hit rock bottom after being unjustly drummed out from the New Jersey State Police. Now a railroad cop, he thinks he’s nothing more than a boxcar babysitter. But while he’s on a routine call to roust yet another trespasser from the yard, Laura Paris jumps out of one of those boxcars. He arrests her, and she starts babbling a wild story about being kidnapped, computer biometrics, and some "thing" coming in a container aboard the next morning’s train. It all sounds crazy, until the yard is attacked by several shadowy figures using military type weapons. Laura is taken, and Mike must now unravel a mystery that will rip away the veil of security New York City has enjoyed for over a decade and force this gritty railroad man to confront his anguished past to save the girl who’s sent him on the runaway ride of his life.