Hays Sutton's research unearths a virus unlike anything the world has ever seen, but before he can alert officials to the horrific danger, the samples vanish, along with all of his research. While tracking down the virus and those responsible for its theft, Hays is faced with moral and spiritual issues that he can not resolve--lying, stealing, and endangering the lives of human beings within the terrorist network are just the beginning. While he knows that such things are acceptable in a war, he is still deeply troubled by what he is forced to do. Is violence ever the right thing? Can God condone the killing of a few in order to save thousands of innocent lives? Download the Readers' Guide.