Gene Hunter is a child genius, born to a poor family before the 2nd World War. He is educated in a State sponsored Academy, where he is groomed by his intelligence Guardian Angel to head a secret Government Department dealing with threats to the State. A loner, he is a walking automaton, until a new recruit enters his life and helps him function in must be protected from ʻthe systemʼ to prevent her neither of them foresaw; could this be their downfall? Double Negative is a runaway success, throwing its widowed author, Charlie Cummins into turmoil. Excitement soon turns to disillusion when the publicity industry accuse her of stalking. Can the actor who was her muse, help her make sense of her new situation, or is he part of the plot?