Part 2: Chapters 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52 Summary

On his drive to work, Alex's cell phone rings. He learns that Geoffrey Shafer has been spotted in New York City, visiting an apartment under surveillance because of al Qaeda activity. Alex races to Andrews Air Force Base and boards a Bell helicopter bound for the Downtown Manhattan Heliport; from there he's rushed to the FBI offices in lower Manhattan.

Michael Ainslie, the senior agent in charge, briefs Alex about a terrorist cell that is staying in a small brick building near the Holland Tunnel. It's not clear if Shafer is still at the apartment. The terrorists are members of al-Jihad who are posing as a relief charity called Afghan Children Assistance. The FBI has found indications of terrorist planning: chemicals and mixing apparatuses in a self-storage space near the Holland Tunnel and a pickup truck owned by a...