With the stunning discovery that enhanced Soviet-made suitcase nukes have been secreted in America’s major cities, President Jack Rutledge gathers his National Security Council to weigh the feasibility of a first strike against the Russian Federation. After exhausting all of his other options, and with Soviet sleeper agents preparing to detonate their deadly payloads across the United States, the president turns to the nation’s final hope, ex-Navy SEAL and Secret Service Agent Scot Harvath.