Captain John Cavendish's F15E was hit by surface to air missiles over Baghdad. The Air Force gave its condolences, held a memorial service with an empty coffin and the widow, Beth, went home with a folded flag and three fatherless children. Eight years later half a dozen FBI agents tear her house apart looking for her dead husband. Beth has no idea why and the authorities won't tell her but her brother is Dean Witton, a PI and he, and his and wife Steph, are determined to find out what is going on. Their search for the truth leads them both into great personal danger, they travel all over the state and come face to face with some very determined terrorists before the final confrontation where John Cavendish's secret is finally revealed.