It is the fourth of DeMille's novels to feature Detective John Corey, now working as a contractor for the fictional FBI Anti-Terrorist Task Force in New York City.

The novel is the sequel to Night Fall and takes place approximately one year later.

But one fall weekend, the club’s Executive Board gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11—and finalize a retaliation plan, known only by its codename: Wild Fire.

Soon it’s up to Detective John Corey and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield, to unravel a terrifying plot that starts with the Custer Hill Club and ends with American cities locked in the crosshairs of a nuclear device.

Corey and Mayfield are the only ones who can stop the button from being pushed, and global chaos from being unleashed...[1] This article about a thriller novel of the 2000s is a stub.