Joel Mark Harris

When a bomb goes off in a Toronto Jewish school, John Webster, a Daily Globe reporter and former war correspondent, is told he is the only man for the job. Against his own better judgement, John investigates the horrific death of a teacher and six students killed in the blast. But in doing so he relives the past in his nightmares, when he witnessed horrible suicide bombs in Iraq. John searches for witnesses in a hospital and meets one of the victims, Lila Neuhoff, who was severally disfigured by the blast. They are drawn together by pain and suffering as well as their scars -both physical and mentally. They decide to join forces to track down the bomber and the shadowy organization behind him. At first, a local terrorist group takes responsibility and the police seem satisfied. But John and Lila delve deep into the life of the victims and find a sinister past that may point to an alternative motive. The bombing takes an emotional toll on John and Lila as they become more connected and involved. Even when John is told to go home at the risk of another bombing, he cannot stop until he brings those responsible to justice. Their search takes them to the infamous Sing Sing prison, a small remote army town, and to a sex club in Montreal. Along the way they find things aren't as they seem. The plot is more intricate than John ever imagined and he must stop those responsible before more people are massacred.

It's just another day for John Webster, a reporter for the Daily Globe, when disaster strikes from out of nowhere. A sniper kills a prominent figure at a news conference and all hell breaks loose. With very few clues, the police are stumped. They have never seen anything like it before. A perfect headshot from over a 1,000 meters away. John is one of the few people around who has experience dealing with snipers. In Iraq and Afghanistan he saw a lot of good people die and he understands how terrifying a trained killer can be. At first Detective Cherie Killian, John Webster's girlfriend, wants to keep John far away from the investigation. But as the sniper keeps terrorizing people, she has no choice to entrust John and enlists his help. However working together is difficult and soon it tears at the fabric of their relationship. John may have to choose between stopping a murderous psychopath and the chance to reset his life and settle down. As they investigate, they go down the list of military-trained sharp shooters. But very soon Cherie Killian and John Webster exhaust all possibilities without anything to show for it. It seems the sniper can kill without consequence. When the sniper slaughters an entire family, however, the full brunt of the police force goes against him but he seems to be able to disappear into the shadows at will. No security cameras can pick him up; no witnesses live to tell their story. But little do they know that the killings are anything but random. In fact, they are deeply personal and the only person who can stop the killer is John Webster.