Now he's about to break every one.

Linebacker Riley Covington's tumultuous return to football after two seasons away is cut short when a new terrorist attack puts him and the woman he most cares about—Khadi Faroughi—in the crosshairs once again. During a state funeral, a new generation of the Cause made up of homegrown Islamic terrorists overruns the National Cathedral and takes members of Congress and their entourages hostage, including Khadi, now employed as a security specialist for one of Washington's most visible senators. With so many lives on the line, Riley's former boss—counterterrorism director Scott Ross—doesn't want Riley anywhere near the scene. But with the clock ticking on the terrorists' demands and the fate of the nation in the balance, Riley races to the scene armed with a dangerous rescue plan. NFL veteran Jason Elam and Steve Yohn team up to deliver the hardest-hitting Riley Covington thriller yet, where the line between daring and deadly is thinner than ever.