Jack Haldane realises his personal feelings for Jane Castle, when she is taken hostage by anarchists in return for the release of one of their comrades.

Officer Took joins a religious cult called the Pyrists. When one of their elders is immolated in a fire, her colleagues believe that the Pyrists themselves, were responsible.

Precinct 88 continues its investigation at the Pyrist Temple in the wake of the disappearance of Captain Podley's daughter.

A bug containing a healing chemistry is stolen from a company lab. The thief is Tommy Murphy, Brogan's best friend from his NYPD days, who happens to pay a visit to his former colleague.

When a meteor crashes on farmland in Altor, Brogan and Haldane become involved in an investigation into a landlord attempting to force his tenants at a nearby tower block. Brogan's suspicions are further fueled by the involvement of military intelligence agents.