DR. MATHEW SLATER "(POV)", a behaviors analyst with the FBI, a loaner and adrenalin junky, is disenchanted with his job and resigns to seek adventure in fighting global terrorism. The September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on New York forces congress to reorganize the FBI and the newly appointed Chief of the Counterterrorism Division, Andrew Hunt, invites Matt to rejoin as a counterterrorist specialist to solve international crime. Multilingual, SAS trained, powerfully built with yearning to work overseas, Matt accepts the new job and goes to Saudi Arabia on his first mission to solve a murder of an American family and abduction of their two-year old son, Nathan. The FBI suspects Al Qaeda behind the abduction and fears that more American families may face similar fate and their children may be used to bargain the freedom of militants behind bars in Saudi Arabia.
