"When graduate student Michael Landis asks Gillian Grace, a scholar of modern German history, to be his academic advisor, she is drawn into a dangerous enterprise that becomes deadly when his thesis on Michigan's Far Right prompts him to infiltrate the Sons of the Shepherd, an extremist sect whom he suspects in the murder of a Native American friend. Michael discovers that the Sons are preparing to unleash a biological weapon, and Gillian realizes she can no longer be a mere observer of history, but must take a role in foiling the plot.". "Meanwhile, Lucy Wirth, coerced mistress of the Sons' pastoral leader, is blackmailed into spying on Gillian and her daughter, and learning the most intimate details of their lives. Despite a sympathetic bond that Lucy develops for Gillian and her family, she reveals their secrets to the Sons, who are determined to destroy anything that impedes their goal of an all-white nation.". "The suspense builds as Gillian and Lucy, along with their families and neighbors, are threatened by the Sons' cloud of terror, and confronted with the risk of shattering their own lives to ensure the safety of others."--BOOK JACKET.