The third book in this series of re-imagined Shakespeare plays is set in a near-future America that is quickly descending into chaos. With the global pandemic started by Richard in Book 2 decimating most of the population and large swaths of the country becoming completely lawless, secret service agent, Henry Bolingbroke, has a quality few others possess, and even fewer want - loyalty. Unquestioning loyalty to his new President, Jane Ricardo, and deep, profound loyalty to his wife and 12-year old son, Hal. But these two loyalties will clash when a ruthless former cartel leader begins to consolidate outlaw groups from across the country into a Mad Max-like army that descends on Washington. Henry must choose whether to abandon his post to protect his family or stay true to his increasingly mercurial and vengeful president. He stays with the president and by the time he is able to collect his family, his wife has been murdered and his young son is nearly catatonic with fear. Retreating with what's left of the federal government to the alternate command center located deep in the mountains outside of Colorado Springs, Henry, now the president's only confidante as her behavior grows increasingly erratic, must rally a broken people to stand up to Luis' barbaric army. And as Jane succumbs to the illness so many others have died from, she taps Henry as her unlikely Vice President and successor. But defeating Luis will force Henry to make a sacrifice those closest to him may never forgive him for.