"In the aftermath of Operation Retribution, a massive campaign exposing traitors at the highest levels of the government, the United States is seen as weak by her enemies. And when one of those enemies strikes at the heart of the free world, the President is left wondering who he can trust, who he can recruit to carry out a special operation, striking back at a meddlesome U.S. adversary. 32-year-old Aaron Hardy — a former Marine just like his President — has always had his Commander-in-Chief’s back. This time, however, his fighting spirit is elsewhere."