The nation is seized by fear. A terrorist attack on a military convoy leaves scores of soldiers dead as truckloads of highly volatile weapons fall into the hands of an ultra-right-wing militia. Worse yet, a fanatical preacher known as Brother Transgressor joins forces with the radical group. Now the President is demanding swift legal action against the militia and turns to attorney Martin Vail with the impossible task of nailing the terrorists in their tracks a mission that soon explodes into a personal nightmare for Vail as his nemesis Aaron Stampler returns to enact a vengeance that could bring Vail to his knees.