Outspoken radio talk show host Jim Fate dies tragically when poisonous gas fills the studio while his polarizing show, "The hand of fate," is on the air. In the ensuing panic, police evacuate downtown Portland--and the triple threat of FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges, crime reporter Cassidy Shaw, and Federal prosecutor Allison Pierce begin piecing together the madness, motive, and mystery of what just happened.--From publisher's description.