When Nick James is fired as a terrorism analyst for a U.S. government contractor, he thinks he is having a bad day. Twenty-four hours later he has become the most wanted man in America. Trapped between his government and terrorist group, his choices are few. One side wants him captured; the otehr side wants him dead.

Supreme Court Justice Silvio Caprelli is kidnammed in a brazen attack on a Washington D.C. parkway. Media speculation swirls around international terrorists. A nation is gripped in fear. But Nick suspects that the anti-government, militant group Posse Comitatus is holding Caprelli. All signs are there, but where's the proof?