Believing he miraculously delivered Damascus from ruin, a throng follows a man they call al-Masih into the desert, raising suspicions in the CIA.

Coping with grief, Eva questions al-Masih, but his riveting charisma turns the tables. A deportation trial becomes a political lightning rod.

Gaining the ear of the president, al-Masih issues a challenge and causes turmoil in the White House. But he soon faces probing questions himself.

Eva scrambles to thwart a plan designed to silence al-Masih, while breaking news causes dismay among his followers.