A mysterious source of data on the Iranian nuclear industry sends an email from Tabriz. "Help. Contact Almquist." As Sara Almquist is drawn into the plan to identify and rescue the agent, known only as F, she is forced to remember and re-evaluate characters from her student days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and from her career as a globe-trotting scientist. 1 map of the Middle East with important locations in I Saw You in Beirut. A section on "Science and History Behind the Story" after the novel includes relevant scientific references.