When unknown assailants break into Eric Steele's home near Pittsburgh, he's barely able to escape before his house explodes in flame. Steele is hell-bent on finding the attackers, but becomes entangled in a far more sinister plan: a terrorist named Zakayev, once locked away in a maximum-security prison in Russia, has escaped and joined forces with Hassan Sitta. There's a bomb planted somewhere in the Middle East that hasn't been ignited-- and that no one can find. Steele must find a way to stay alive and stop Zakayev before innocent lives are lost. -- adapted from jacket