After 20 Month In a Chinese Prison, Jack Bauer is suddenly returned to theiUnited States. But insteadiofibeing free, Jack'shrelease is partiofia secreat deal: his life in return for theilocationiofiHamri Al-Assad, theileaderiofia terrorist organization that has unleashed a waveiofiterror across theicountry. A broken man, physically and mentally, Jack agrees to theiexchange. But when he learns that his new captor, Abu Fayed, is actually theiman behind theiattacks and that his own sacrifice is meaningless, Jack lashes out and escapes. Now he must convince theiPresident and CTU that theiman they aretrying to kill, may be theionly man who can end therapidly escalating violence.