When a BART subway car arrives at its
destination, with 24 passengers all dead, Inspector Kate Dawson, a
homicide detective with the San Francisco police department, must find
out what killed them and who is responsible for their deaths. Her
investigation takes her from the treacherous back streets of Chinatown
to a luxurious chateau nestled in the Northern California hills, and
from a lavish horse race track to a perilous underground lair. She is
pitted against a young rival who covets her job, a twisted but wealthy
brother and sister duo who deal in illegal arms and drugs, and a deadly
group of U.S. army deserters, known as Task Force Red. The story
twists and turns its way through the streets of San Francisco to a
thrilling climax aboard a runaway train loaded with a deadly toxin
headed to game number one of the world series, where the president of
the United States is scheduled to throw the first pitch. Can she
stop the train in time to save the president's life and prevent the
deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens?