David Rivers is missing! After David Rivers' vow to protect Judah, David becomes the bait the terriorist Arafeh Filasek uses to lure Judah to him, outside of all the protection the U.S. offers. Judah Wakefield follows the lightest of clue threads to find Rivers, but what she finds is much more than she trained and prepared for. Lies and betrayal in the midst of an al-Qaeda-backed, triple threat to bring the U.S. to its knees, asks for more from Judah than she is prepared to give. With no way out, will she pay the ultimate price to save Rivers and the American people from Filasek's diabolical vengeance?