In the wake of the World Trade Centre bombing of 1993, Sami Amir arrives in Brooklyn via Iran, and into a world of militants, arms suppliers and spies.
An operative from a hidden branch of the Iranian counter-intelligence apparatus, Sami is sent to the States to investigate rumours of terrorist plots that are to culminate around Christmas and New Year. But before long, Sami intuits that he has been set up; and at the same time falls in love with Ellena, a poet and part-time stripper. When the truth of his mission becomes clear, Sami resolves to stop the chain of events he has inadvertently set in motion.
