After Thomas and Laura accept the Director of Central Intelligences offer to work for him in Virginia, it doesn't take long before they and their children, Emily and Gavin, are confronted with new obstacles that challenge their cohesive unit. Sam and Bill, with SANDBOX teetering on the edge of oblivion, agree to a dangerous mission in the Middle East. While Julie and Kim are unhappy with their husband's decision, they also find themselves at wits end as they feel obligated to send their children off to a boarding school, away from potential danger. As all of them feel the pressure mount, old enemies believed to be long dead, reappear and strike out at the family's fragile state. Before long it's just a matter of time before the world is overrun by the impending chaos...in Shadows of the Future.