THE FIRST TIME LIGHTNING STRIKES, IT SAVES A LIFE... Laura Shane has a guardian angel. He is a mysterious stranger whose presence is heralded by a flash of lightning. He is a man who saves her from a drunken doctor before she's born and a crazed junkie when she's eight. Someone who's always there when Laura faces calamity. THE SECOND TIME LIGHTNING STRIKES, THE TERROR STARTS... But then he disappears. Laura grows up, gets married and has a child. She grows rich and successful. She's blissfully happy. And then one day Laura's world is ripped apart but the stranger can do nothing to mend it. All he can say is learn to fight, learn to kill... THE THIRD TIME LIGHTNING STRIKES, HELL BREAKS LOOSE... When lightning strikes again, the stranger needs her help. Only Laura, her child, and the stranger stand in the way of a growing evil empire. The stranger has a plan to annihilate the evil forces-but only if Laura can fight off the assassination teams that are relent- lessly closing in...