IN AMERICA, YOUR BROTHER IS YOUR ENEMY. . . .

Under an iron fist, the militia movement has mushroomed. Now two legendary leaders have been liberated from a heavily guarded Phoenix hospital-and hostages taken for a furious, bloody ride to the California border. It's the spark their armies needed and an excuse for the Feds to unleash the Patton reincarnate, Gen. Douglas Freeman.

From Sacramento to Seattle, America is burning. A new generation of automated weapons has been brought to the field, the skies split by artillery and the desert nights lit up by infrared. With Americans facing off against Americans, the fight for the USA has reached a turning point.

But from the other side of the globe, a new enemy prepares to tip the scales of battle-with the ultimate killing tool. . . .