people jam the corridors of Americaxs largest shopping mall of them have come to shop The other have come to kill Stephen Hunterxs hyperdrive eighth-gear thriller chronicles the day when the unthinkable happens terrorists descend upon the heartland opening fire in a Minneapolis supermall and executing innocent victims one by one Those on the upper floors including retired Marine sniper Ray Cruz take cover any way they can but within minutes the gunmen have rounded up more than a thousand hostages As it so often does the story comes down to one man with a gun Except Ray doesnxt have a gun