The Patriot Committee is a covert counter intelligence team whose function is to protect the US from terrorists. All are veteran CIA agents, hand-picked by Admiral Williams, deputy director of the CIA. Their expertise includes in-depth knowledge and experience in armaments, computers, interrogation and communications. In June 2007 they receive an email, warning that the President is in danger. They track down the source of the email, and find themselves embroiled in a web of conspiracy and intrigue, in which much, including Admiral Williams, is not what it appears.They soon discover that a cell of Al-Qa'ida terrorists, trained as pilots in Florida in 2000, has been re-activated. Initial indications are that another atrocity has been planned, and will take place on September 11, 2007. The terrorists must be found and destroyed. But with the sands of time running out, and the ever-increasing uncertainty as to who now can be trusted, the committee will be tested to their limits. Not all will survive...