When the FBI wants to infiltrate a new militant group forming in the Pacific Northwest, the Bureau recruits the best man it can find for the job?and he's not an agent. He is Professor Michael Lund, a young academic expert on domestic terrorism. The one-time-only mission gives the tough and smart Lund a chance to fulfill a life-long dream of being an agent. Lund has everything it takes to make his undercover assignment a success, but he could never have imagined the personal mission he is about to face.