They made him their enemy. They'll regret it. America stands in tatters. A decimated Congress scrambles for control, but the people aren't listening. Instead they're battling in the streets over 'X', an Internet conspiracy theorist preaching hellfire and lies. Now reality itself is in the firing line. Only Christopher Wren can stop the killing tide of lies, but Wren is broken. Battered physically and emotionally, he faces crushing questions from the past. X may hold the answers, but in a country rapidly burning itself alive, X is the one pouring on the gas ... The enemy is within. The cure is death.