A joyous spring day in Boston turns into carnage. Runners and spectators are mowed down by multiple crude but effective Al Qaeda designed bombs in the hands of two immigrant brothers. Opportunities to roll up the cell before the attack missed again by America's Homeland Security apparatus a la 9/11. It represented another classic case of lack of due diligence in our agencies. Russia had pointed them out to us. While Boston is in lockdown in search of the perpetrators, Washington reaches back to Sam Sauria, retired USN commander and CIA operative. They find him enjoying retirement but not for long. Sauria cranks up his old crew with a new addition. Marta da Ciela, a hot Italian signorina and Wolfe Rebelle's new marinara amica. She joins with Sam and Wolfe in the chase for unfortunately endless terrorist targets even as some are eliminated. The hunt for killers leads the trio from the exotic cities of Italy to Sin City and SOBE in Miami. New Orleans isn't excluded as Mardi Gras revelers present a target rich environment for those who would do America harm. Beads and war bonnets make poor body armor. As the body count literally piles skyward, Wolfe and Ciela begin to wonder if the light at the end of the tunnel is just another explosive device or mass shooting. Follow the blood trail left by Sam's human hounds as locales across the world become incognito battlefields in the war on terror. When next you fall asleep, remember what happens in the light and darkness which allows one to slumber so securely. When you awaken, regardless of the great efforts by faceless many on our behalf, it is still a WICKED WORLD. Follow Sam in five other titles by db wolfe.