The nation's #1 air-crash investigation team of sleuths—caught up in a conspiracy, fighting to survive.

The Antonov AN-124 Ruslan "Condor"—the world's heavyweight champ among production cargo jets. Russian tanks, American firefighting helicopters, rescue submersibles, satellites, city-sized power transformers...the Condor hauls them all over the world. But when one lifts a top-secret payload rated as too dangerous, Russia launches a covert attack on US soil. The government must take action. Untraceable action, politically safe action. Call Delta Force? SEAL Team Six?

No. They call Miranda Chase, the NTSB's autistic air-crash genius. Miranda refuses. But as the stakes escalate, she soon may be too late to stop the new Cold War from becoming the final war.