As America entered the 21st Century politicians, academicians, strategists, and pundits went about debating what the future held for the world's lone superpower.
Most participants in these debates were concerned with prudent spending on national security how to best deter aggression and defeat enemies in a more uncertain world.
Others were interested in the financial security of national spending -- how to best adjust portfolios and retain profits to which they had grown accustomed.
From white marble offices in the nation's capitol to red clay ranges in middle Georgia and gray deserts of the Middle East, decorated Army officer Bo Sullivan uncovers a plot to draw America into war and fears that a former brother in arms is behind the scheme as he races to prevent catastrophe.