A pimp is found dead in one of Neir York's roughest neighborhoods, . .

Afar right extremist is murdered in his remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest. . .

A 1 7-year-old computer prodigy is strangled in Mumbai, India. . .

The victims all have one thing in common: Each of them has performed a single act of exceptional kindness. One by one, thirty-six righteous men are being killed off.

Will Monroe, a young and ambitious New York Times journalist, smells a big story that could make his name. But his investigation of the deaths has dark repercussions. Will's wife is kidnapped.

As he searches for clues, Will finds himself in the heart of New York's ultra-orthodox Jewish community, where his wife is mysteriously being held captive. Another innocent life is in danger and Will begins to realize that if he cannot stop the killings, then the very future of the world may be at stake.