the sexy, no-nonsense police chief from Florida, Barker, has been known to crack cases that even the FBI couldn't break. Now Lance will make an offer she can't refuse, to join an elite intelligence unit hunting down terrorists on American soil. Their first prey, however, may turn out to be all-American. Teddy Fay, ex-CIA technology wizard blew up his own airplane while being pursued by FBI and Navy pilots. But now a series of attacks on a new kind of victim--terrorists with diplomatic immunity--makes some in the government, up to and including the President of the US, believe Teddy may be back.