A lethal germ is unleashed in the U.S. mail. A chain of letters spreads terror from Florida to Washington, D.C., from New York to Connecticut, from the halls of Congress to the assembly lines of the U.S. Postal Service. Five people die, and ten thousand more line up for antibiotics to protect against exposure. The government, already outsmarted by the terrorist hijackers of 9/11, leaves its workers vulnerable and a diabolical killer on the loose. Based...

Tells the story of the hunt for the anthrax killer who terrorized the country following the September 11th attacks with letters sent from a mailbox in New Jersey to media and political figures in New York, Florida, and Washington D.C.