For weeks PJ Carpenter has been trying to convince his bosses that an al Qaeda leader known as Mumeet, the Bringer of Death, is putting into motion a major attack against the US. Now, too late in his opinion, he is given the green light to hunt Mumeet down and stop whatever he is intending. As he travels to the Middle East and then to South America, Carpenter begins to realize that Mumeet is already somewhere in America.