A field operative in a totally secret and uncompromising new spy agency, Scot Harvath is summoned when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American students. Simultaneously, a young woman is struck by a taxi in a hit-and-run incident in Chicago. With little evidence to go on, the Chicago PD has given up. But, when the family’s lawyer digs deeper, he uncovers a shocking connection to the bombing in Rome and the perpetrators’ plans for America and Europe. As the story rockets towards a stunning climax,the plots intersect in a race to prevent one of the most audacious and unthinkable acts of war in the history of mankind.