An unknown bomber sends New York cop Eve Dallas letters threatening to create destruction and terror on the city and her loved ones.

Once, there were many transcriptionists at the Record, a behemoth New York City newspaper, but new technology and the ease of communication has put most of them out of work. So now Lena, the last transcriptionist, sits alone in a room--a human conduit, silently turning reporters recorded stories into print--until the day she encounters a story so shocking that it shatters the reverie that has become her life.