In a society of the future, a conformist falls in love with a fugitive who forces him to rethink his attitudes about the society he lives in.
Dr. Jake Terrell, who has been training a pair of dolphins for many years, has had a breakthrough. He has taught his dolphins to speak and understand English, although they do have a limited vocabulary. When the dolphins are stolen, he discovers they're to be used in an assassination attempt. Now he is in a race to discover who is the target, and where the dolphins are, before the attempt is carried out.
A deranged mother avenges herself on the man she thinks seduced her daughter by imprisoning him in a cage in her basement.