Based on real world events. A high profile American television news reporter finds himself at the crossroads in his fast moving career, but for Zeke Plainer it isn't fast enough. Zeke, seemingly had it all, a beauty queen bride, two children, a home in the suburbs and a promising television news career.When Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take more than fifty American hostages, Zeke is assigned to the story. He thought this would be the big break he had been waiting for, but soon discovers he has unwittingly placed himself, his wife and children on a collision course with terrorists, death squads and revolutionaries. Not even his own country could protect them.