It is an election year. The incumbent Democrat president is serving out his second term. The polls are showing that his chosen nominee will lose.

He decides it may be time to extend his term by creating a number of internal attacks around the country that will make it dangerous to hold the election. His intention is to create a scenario so dangerous that the public will accept a delay in the election in the name of public safety.

In the news of the day, a general who was forced to retire early is watching the news one day and gets a very uneasy feeling that something is afoot. He embarks on a quest to unearth the plot and maintain the democracy that is hanging by a thread.