Fanatical terrorists have targeted New York City. Their demand: release the kidnapped leader who is being secretly held by the federal government, or the slaughter of innocents will begins. No place is safe, and as bombs explode across the city, the death toll begins to rise.

Dedicated FBI agent Anthony Hubbard leads the investigation to find the killers, a race against time that will take him to secret enclaves deep within New York and into the sights of the ruthless General William Deveraux. A decorated military hero with ties to the highest reaches of power, this renegade general will be stopped by nothing in his crusade to eliminate the terrorists. Between them is Elise Kraft, a beautiful CIA operative with intimate ties to Islamic revolutionaries, and her own mysterious agenda.

Caught in a perilous net of lies, deceit, and betrayal, these three are the country's only hope to stop th bloody extremists before they strike again.