December 21, 1988 -- Worlds change forever when a terrorist bomb downs Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland -- For Manhattan federal judge Randolph Owens Elliott, whose estranged daughter is among the 270 dead, a life filled with rage and despair has only begun -- For the United States and her allies, turning the other cheek is no longer an option. On the eve of the inauguration of America's 41st president, George H.W. Bush, the fury of patient men is inflamed. The War on Terror starts now.