Jack Swyteck is at his office when he receives the emergency text from Riverside Day School. Active shooter on campus. Both his daughter, Righley, and his wife, FBI agenrt Andie Henning, are in danger, The tragedy prompts mass hysteria - and dangerous speculation that threatens to explode in violence. Then Xavier Khoury, an eighteen-year old senior at Riverside and the son of a Muslim man, confesses to the crime. Andie knows the boy; his mother Molly, a woman whose bloodline goes back to the American Revolution - is one of her friends. Fearinf for Xavier's life, a desperate Molly turns to Andie and Jack. A seasoned defense attorney with a passion for seeing justice done, Jack has taken on plenty of complicated cases. Xavier's defense, however, is not one he's inclined to take - until an old friend who lost his daughter in the shooting convinces him that he must. With the public calling for blood and prosecutors confident the case is airtight, Jack must unearth the Khoury's family secrets, expose the shocking truth, and save Xavier from certain death. But he may not be able to save everyone - including himself.
