When David Fitzgerald saves one of his students from a terrorist bomb, he becomes the focus of the nation, even of the President - an instant media-generated modern hero.

But when the police reveal that he is the prime suspect in the bombing, his world disintegrates. Even his right to see his own son is threatened. Hounded from hero to pariah, he has to put his life on the line to clear his name

- and find the real bomber before he strikes again.