April 1998: A tanker hauling a deadly new explosive vanishes without a trace in a raging storm....That explosive falls into the hands of Jack Tyrell, known as Jackie Terror twenty-five years ago when he led a radical underground group that spread its message with bombs and blood. Now he's back in the world he left, more determined than ever to realize his deadly vision. Enter Blaine McCracken. Badly wounded in a terrorist attack, McCracken seeks out his mentor, Sergeant Major Buck Torrey, to get his edge back. But Torrey disappears before he can finish his work, and McCracken joins forces with Torrey's daughter, Liz Halprin, to find his kidnapper. Their hunt takes them on a perilous journey where secrets can be as deadly as bullets. But not as deadly as the experimental explosive Jackie Terror uses to destroy every bridge and tunnel leading into Manhattan, holding the entire city of seven million people hostage for a $15 billion ransom.