In the war on terrorism, the Secretary of Defence assembles an elite new armed forces group made up of the best from the special forces, intelligence, and technological communities. A team designed for this new war - to move undetected in foreign countries, strike and disappear. To fight terror where it lives and breathes - in the shadows. Led by hardened veteran Master Sergeant Edwin Storey, the unit is ready for action when a plot to assassinate the president is discovered. But an even greater threat lies ahead, as Storey and his team must race to stop a devastating attack that stands to cripple national security and cause the deaths of thousands - dwarfing the destruction of 9/11...