How do you get over knowing that you could have prevented your sister's murder? Cameron Oakwood is an intelligence analyst whose sister and nephew were killed in a car bomb explosion outside a politician's office in Melbourne Australia. Cameron knew terrorists had made death threats against the politician. His family blames him for not warning his sister to stay away from that building. The case was never solved. Consumed by guilt, he is becoming addicted to alcohol and tranquilizers. Cameron is assigned to work with visiting FBI agent Jodie Finch on a terrorist threat to release a genetically engineered virus at an international sporting event in Melbourne. She is attracted to his intelligence, his humor and his honesty, but she wonders if he is ready for a new relationship. As they fight against the clock to prevent the attack, they make a stunning discovery about the identity of the bomb maker who killed Cameron's sister. But they make their discovery in the most frightening possible circumstances, when bothl their lives hang in the balance.