"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center a women's reproductive health services clinic its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage....

Dedicating her life to save priceless artifacts from being destroyed by war, Emily Hudson is captured and tormented by a sadistic adversary, and the CIA calls on mercenary John Garrett for help in Emily's rescue.