James T. Alfred

The members of intelligence go under cover at a World Trade conference to assess political threats; Halstead's brother immediately stirs up trouble when he shows up in town.

Kane grows increasingly infatuated with his new senior aide, Mona, allowing himself to get swept up in her passion for the subsidized housing project. Ben Zajac and his wife, Maggie, run the risk of alienating themselves from Kane when they take the reins of Zajac’s gubernatorial campaign.

Chicago is bankrupt and a team of receivers pour in to take control of the city. But losing his mayoral power isn’t the biggest danger to Kane as various enemies including Sentinel editor, Sam Miller, threaten to expose his illness and corruption. Does Kane have a plan in his back pocket or will he go down with his city?

Kane makes a professional turn to a new way of doing things when he extricates the housing project from the corruption that plagues his entire city. Kane’s young aide, Ian, has a threatening secret that he manages to hide from Kane. Kane tries to reconnect with wife, Meredith, and daughter, Emma, but his attempts at a harmonious family are disastrous.