Alexander "Les" Freeman leads a group of elite warriors known as The Shadows in a clandestine war against the tyrannical Government One - born of an ancient order that has grown over centuries and now controls most of the nations.

Only the United States and China refuse to join the new world order. Following the corruption and brutality of the last years, the US economy has fallen and the people of the nation live on in a state of accepted suppression. Despite the inner machinations of the G-1, an independent president wins the presidential election just as the world's leading technology company and the U.S. Government are developing a devastating orbital weapon system that will guarantee their dominance.

With the help of Isabella Zhi Li, Les and his Shadows are tangled in a relentless web of sophisticated global terror against Government One. However, Les' inner battle rages as violently as the war he is fighting. His nightmares haunt him, threatening to destroy the fight for freedom and future of mankind that is on the brink of annihilation.