First published in U.S.: New York: G.P. Putnams Sons m, 2003.

In the New World of terrorism old rules no longer apply. In suburban Maryland, Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies. But its true mission is to identify and locate and deal with terrorist threats in whatever manner necessary. When President John Patrick Ryan's son goes to work for Hendley Associates he finds that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to encounter.