The life of Jack Bauer, an agent of the Los Angeles Counterterrorism Unit, is so eventful that the lives of many people depend on his decisions not just every day, but literally every hour. International terrorists, former agents, and professional military personnel, as well as foreign intelligence agencies, all have their own reasons for committing acts of violence and causing harm of various kinds, from threatening the life of a presidential candidate to detonating an atomic bomb in the United States. In this game, ordinary citizens are mere pawns, but it is for their safety that Bauer and his colleagues are willing to risk their ...