When a building bursts into flames on a cold winter night in Washington DC investigators see a resemblance to a string of recent fires in the area. There is one difference however: this one has a human casualty. The local team insists theyre looking for a young white male suffering from an uncontrollable impulse to act out his anger or sexual aggression. But when FBI special agent Maggie ODell is called in everything she sees leads her to believe that this is the work of a calculating & controlled criminal. Jeffery Cole a reporter looking for his big break is at the scene of the crime & decides to make Maggie part of his news piece digging up aspects of her past that she would rather forget. As the fires continue to light up around the city Maggie also crosses paths with her brother Patrick now back in DC & working as a fire-fighter. As the acts of arson become more brazen Maggies professional & personal worlds are set on a dangerous collision course. Little does she realise that the killer may be closer than she imagines...