First daughter Blair Powell and her lover Cameron Roberts, recently appointed deputy director of the Department of Homeland Security, flee to a ski chalet in the Rocky Mountains after a terrifying attack by members of a domestic terrorist organization. Under orders from the White House, Blair reluctantly allows a member of the enemy camp, investigative journalist Dana Barnett, to join her inner circle in hopes of limiting her exposure to the media. Dana isn't very happy when she's pulled away from her coverage of the escalating conflict in the Middle East to write a public "trash joke," although the presence of the lovely Dr. Emory Constantine does make the assignment a little more tempting. With a nation under threat, the world on the brink of war, and their personal lives under intense public scrutiny, Cam and Blair come under fire both publicly and privately when an old nemesis resurfaces, intent on completing his sacred mission. - kill Blair Powell.