In 2001 after seven innocent Americans open their mail, they die from inhaling deadly doses of the thorax toxin.  Thorax is a fictional toxin which, causes trouble breathing and cardiac arrest.  The U.S. government instantly labels the attacks as biological warfare from abroad.  The Thorax Terror becomes a leading catalyst for U.S. entry into a controversial war in the Middle East.

Flash forward to 2007.  Americans have grown tired of the war and distrust the current administration.  When a plan is set in motion by nine D.C. power players to cover up the explosive truth behind thorax, it becomes a race against time to unravel a web of conspiracy so deep it could shake the foundations of the American democratic system.