Within twenty-four hours a nightmare will be unleashed that could cause the death of untold millions and devastate a continent. It's a plot being carried out by the unlikeliest of allies. A powerful mole within the deepest reaches of US Intelligence has secretly conscripted the very criminals he's been charged with investigating – former IRA terrorists, Latino and Asian gang members, Middle Eastern assassins and others – creating one of the most insidious terrorist networks law enforcement has ever had to deal with. One man stands between the destroyers and the death tide: Jack Bauer, lone wolf operative for America's brand-new elite Counter Terrorist Unit. But he's three thousand miles from the CTU command centre without backup in a strange city, New York. He's been artfully set up and is being hunted by the FBI for the murder of two of its agents. And time's almost up…

First in a new series of prequel novels based on the hit TV show. Within twenty four hours, an unlikely alliance of international terrorists and undercover moles will unleash a plot that will devastate North America. Unless Jack Bauer can stop them. But he is far away in New York City, and being hunted by the FBI…