FBI Agent Joe Unes survives the supermarket bombing, but his partner and 36 others aren't so fortunate. The four friends decide to abandon their game and investigate. Meanwhile in Chicago, Tony Harris, instead of Game 1 of the World Series between the Cubs and Red Sox, is greeted by news of a terror attack at Wrigley Field -- and at least three others in Philadelphia, Houston, and San Diego. And if that isn't enough, it appears that a new war is breaking out in the Middle East -- the...

We meet Chicago elementary school PE teacher Tony Harris, who looks forward to a quiet Friday night at home. The Moore family in Mayfield, Iowa, enjoys grilled burgers and a board game. In St. Louis, FBI agent Joe Unes and his partner are called out to a hostage situation at a supermarket to investigate a possible connection to a terrorist group. Nearby, four friends gather for their weekly D&D-type role-playing game. Then an bone-rattling explosion puts the game on hold.

Deep below a mountain in southeast Pennsylvania, a government operative named Green confers with his IT expert. And a 10-year-old boy in Iowa receives a mysterious e-mail...from God.