When seventeen year-old Carter Chamberlain is uprooted from his quiet American life and moved to London, England, he fears his biggest problem will be boredom. Instead, he meets, loses and finds again the girl of his dreams. Because of Fiona and her wayward brothers, he is drawn deeper and deeper into the sordid world of Irish Republican Army terrorism, all while trying to keep his own dysfunctional family from shattering. Carter’s story moves from crisis to crisis until one last test of courage and resourcefulness is needed for his survival and that of Fiona and many innocent people.