"A decade ago, Dr. Alan Townsend's family received two unthinkable, catastrophic diagnoses: his 4-year-old daughter and his brilliant and vivacious wife developed unrelated, life-threatening forms of brain cancer. As he witnessed his young daughter fightduring the courageous final months of her mother's life, Townsend - a lifelong scientist - was indelibly altered. He began to see scientific inquiry as more than a source of answers to a given problem,...

This extraordinary story of a heroic Navy cryptologic technician who worked clandestinely to hunt the most wanted terrorists in the world while trying to balance being a wife and mother, lifts the veil from the life of a Special Forces family to share their duty, sacrifice and humanity.