The war is no longer coming. It is here.
With President Cruz's backing, Gordon Van Zandt drives a hard army north to break Jacques and the Western Canadian forces dug into Idaho's panhandle. One last battle will decide whether Cascadia lives or dies-and whether Gordon does too.
But the killing field isn't the only front. In McCall and Olympia a different enemy is waiting: a political operator as ruthless as any warlord Gordon has ever faced. This one doesn't wear a uniform. He doesn't need one.
Allies will fall. The ones who walk away will carry the cost. If the new world they bled for is real, this is the price of seeing it.