Zehra Henning is a criminal lawyer in Minneapolis. She handles only the toughest cases---which challenge not only her skills as a lawyer, but often threaten her survival as well.
What if terrorists used American children as weapons of mass destruction? It has already started! Several Somali boys have disappeared from Minneapolis, until one returns and is murdered. Lawyer, Zehra Henning, defends the accused killer. As Zehra investigates the case, she discovers a plot that threatens the entire community and she races to solve the mystery before the terrorists can act.
When prosecutor, Zehra Henning, investigates her latest case, she stumbles on a secret plot by an normal-seeming neighbor who is actually a fanatic with a group of true believers prepared to do the unthinkable---mass murder. Zehra sounds the alarm, but no one believes her until she is threatened and must stop the terrorists before people are annihilated.
A series of fatal fires unnerves the city. Law enforcement races to apprehend the serial arsonist. Facing political pressure and public hysteria, prosecutor, Zehra Henning, charges a suspect with arson and murder. But she questions the rush to judgement, especially when the fires continue and her investigation reveals other suspects---and someone who is intent on killing Zehra to stop the case.