Ahmed, born and raised in war-ravaged Yemen, is recruited by Al-Qaeda and sent to the US to attend college and become an Islamic martyr by joining a group planning a deadly terrorist attack on the Naval Training Station at Great Lakes. On the way to fulfilling his oath as a terrorist, he falls in love with Fida, a fellow Yemeni student and member of the terrorist group, and comes into contact with Sarah and Bruce Benson, lawyers who provide him with free legal service, and their close Israeli friends, Leah and Ari Stern (a member of Israeli Intelligence). The book describes the colorful story of Ahmed's and Fida's experiences leading up to and through the exciting conclusion of the terrorist attack on the naval base..