A middle aged lawyer appears to have risen and fallen in his career and, having no particular career direction open to him is approached by strange individuals claiming to be aliens. He accepts their offer of financial security for his family, and a role of critical importance to the future of the world in exchange for his unyielding devotion to their cause. To do this he must appear to have died and will subsequently reappear as a completely different individual whose rise up the political ladder brings the alien plot closer to fruition.