World War III seems inevitable. For five centuries, a religious faction gone rogue has manipulated the world's societies. Their intent? To create a single government with jurisdiction over all humanity.
Still grieving the murder of his wife and unborn sons, it is up to the new Joint Chiefs of Staff General Giacomo DeLaurentis to save the free world. Betrayed by one of his closest allies, he wrestles with thoughts of revenge. Haunted by visions of a man in a hospital bed and mysterious letters from his dead father Paolo, Giacomo grudgingly moves past his pain to thwart impending societal collapse.
The scenarios are grim: massive death by annihilation, global anarchy, and irreversible cultural disintegration. To thwart the seventy-seven diabolical leaders entrenched in the highest echelons of international government, business, and religion Giacomo relies on his allies in the Vatican and US military-trusted friends and family. They're faced with a dreadful dilemma. Will they gamble with the lives of a few souls to save multitudes? Just when all hope is lost...