New home. New job. New responsibilities. All the newness threatens to overwhelm Pam Robinson. She manages to cope with her first few uneventful days in Dallas, but then a major disaster casts her into the spotlight. Her performance on CNN and her astute analysis of the incident garner professional kudos, but nagging self-doubt continues to haunt her. "What if?" is a recurring question that she can neither answer nor escape. Yet she realizes that success in her job will require taking risks both physical and emotional. Then Pam makes a mental mistake that very nearly costs her life.