Two brothers, Tom and Joshua Sterling, own an Internet start-up, Landshark, that is as hot as a New York City summer--only this is the summer of 2001, their company is in lock up, its stock price is plunging and, in a few weeks, the world will change forever.

Two brothers, Tom and Joshua Sterling, own an Internet start-up, Landshark, that is as hot as a New York City summer--only this is the summer of 2001, their company is in lock up, its stock price is plunging and, in a few weeks, the world will change forever.