An American general is captured by Islamic extremists in the Middle East. They threaten to be-head him within days. But moments before he is rendered unconscious, the General notices that his unseen captors speak perfect American English. What's going on?Gunnery Sergeant Kyle Swanson, a top level Marine sniper, is vacationing when he receives orders to mount a top secret mission to rescue the General. But as he and his men prepare to land in the Iraqi desert, they immediately come under ferocious attack and Swanson is the only man left alive. How did the enemy know details of a mission known only to a few top government officials?Swanson takes off across the desert to find the captured general and realizes he is fighting a ruthless and dangerous enemy: American mercenaries working for a high level group of American officials with ties to the White House. They're part of a clandestine conspiracy whose agenda is nothing less than total control of the American military. Their sworn enemy is the captured general whose fate now rests in Sniper Swanson's hands.