Meredith Ogden accepts a network invitation to substitute short-term for the cohost of America's most popular morning TV show from New York, It's A New Day. A glamorous diversion from her L.A. based print journalist duties covering the entertainment industry , she encounters network television politics, an international news reporting idol, the jealousy of her temporary cohost, and impresses network brass. And, becomes the target of an unseen predator committed to destroying her career. Returning home and facing new career opportunities, she visits the location of the upcoming blockbuster film, Shadow of the Wave and is accidentally abandoned on an ancient war ship mothballed with others near San Francisco Bay. She struggles to escape the isolated, ghostly craft, learn who's torpedoing her reputation, and decide on her professional future. The investigation reaches deep into her past, the career decision complicated by her long-time live-in affair with special profile detective T.K. Raymond.