Arnold Silverman is an American journalist is on a personal vendetta, tracking the financial network of Al-Qa'ida. Dogged in his determination to succeed in uncovering the facts because his sister was killed during the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, Silverman finds himself in Pakistan and arranges an interview with a spokesman for the terrorist group, but in accepting the invitation to the meeting, realises he's about to enter a life or death situation...