Major Oliver White, leader of the free world, has been living in a bubble for far too long. After surviving the Turning twenty-seven years ago and establishing a safe haven within the confines of a man-made River, Josco's are coming, and supplies are running low threatening their way of life.

Lieutenant Scott Dodson, born after Turning, finds that Major's dreams of returning to the way America used to be just don't resonate, war with the Joscos is all he knows. On a supply run to Texas, things go terribly wrong, revealing dangerous facts about the world they thought they knew.

First Class Petty Officer Jayce Brock, estranged adopted son of Oliver, is a strait-laced soldier who has always done what he's told but finds himself with a unique connection to the Joscos that pushes him to disobey orders to uncover the answers.

Captain Nolan Wilkinson, second in command and a no-nonsense Navy SEAL, takes control of a fight he's all too familiar with, hoping to level the playing field only to find out that he may have just made their situation much worse.