这是美国当代心理惊险小说家格雷格.安德鲁.赫维茨继畅销书《千万别伤人》后新近推出的又一部力作。17岁的高中生尼克.霍里根,妈妈凯丽再婚嫁给了副总统卡鲁瑟的得力保镖弗兰克。弗兰克曾经参加过越南战争,是一名非常谨慎的特工。他连每晚睡觉都将警报器连接到自己床头。在高中毕业前夕,尼克无意间结识了饭店的一名性感女服务员,她约他夜里在棒球场见面。半夜,尼克偷偷解除警报器溜了出去。在他凌晨2:18返回家时,弗兰克已倒在血泊中。从此每至凌晨2:18尼克都会在噩梦中惊醒。当他17年后历经辗转回到洛杉矶时,正值总统竞选。现总统比尔顿与时任参议员的卡鲁瑟竞选正酣。一名欲破坏竞选的“恐怖分子”被追至核电站,点名要见尼克,否则将炸毁核电站。于是特工押解尼克赶往核电站,并给了他一部谈判专用手机。“恐怖分子”自称名叫查理,是尼克继父弗兰克越战时一起出生入死的战友,他悄悄塞给尼克一把钥匙,并接过谈判专用手机,结果手机炸飞了他的头颅。尼克拿着那把神秘的钥匙展开调查,各路追踪者紧跟其后;调查扑朔迷离,杀机叠现,两位竞选总统也牵扯其中。他想求助母亲,但母亲又嫁给了一名可疑的警察。后尼克在前女友尹杜玛的帮助下,逐渐接近真相,17年前的迷案即将水落石出…… This is a new masterpiece recently introduced by the American contemporary psycho-adventure novelist Greg Andrew Hevitz, following the best-selling book Never To Hurt People. Nick Horrigan, a 17-year-old high school student, remarried to Frank, the effective bodyguard for Vice President Caruso. Frank, who had participated in the Vietnam War, was a very cautious agent. He slept every night with the alarm attached to his bed. On the eve of her high school graduation, Nick inadvertently met a sexy waitress in the hotel about the night he met at the baseball stadium. In the middle of the night, Nick sneaked the sirens and slipped out. Frank returned in a pool of blood when he returned home at 2:18 am. Every minute since then, 2:18 Nick will wake up in nightmares. When he returned to Los Angeles after 17 years, after the presidential election. Carrousel, the president and former incumbent, is running for president. An “terrorist” who wants to undermine the campaign is chased to the nuclear power station and named Nick to be seen, otherwise it will blow up the nuclear power station. So the agent escorted Nick rushed to the nuclear power plant, and gave him a bargain-purpose mobile phone. “Terrorist” claimed to be called Charlie, is the step-by-step comrade who died when Nick was stepfather Frank’s stepfather. He quietly seized Nick a key and negotiated a dedicated mobile phone. As a result, the mobile phone blew his head. Nick took the mysterious key to investigate, tracking followers behind each other; the investigation complicated and confusing, Murphy stack, the two presidential campaign also involved them. He wanted help for his mother, but her mother married another suspicious police officer. After the help of former girlfriend Yoo Duma, Nick came closer to the truth, 17 years ago, the case is about to come to an end.