The year: 2006. While flying a peacekeeping mission over North Korea, Air Force pilot Bree "Banzai" Maguire is shot down by a missile from the ground. Instead of the North Korean troops she expected, she finds herself captured by a mad scientist and put in bio-stasis. When she wakes, everything's changed. It's one hundred and seventy years later­—2176—the world is in crisis, and she's a hotly contested prize. Once, Banzai's job was to protect democracy; now a mysterious voice claims she must bring it back.The year: 2176. U.C.E Commander Ty Armstrong is a part-time treasure hunter. Seeking one, elusive prize has become a personal obsession for him: Banzai Maguire, who was never found after her mysterious disappearance. His quest to find her remains takes him into enemy territory in the Kingdom of Asia and to the discovery of the woman herself. Not only is she very much alive, he might already have fallen in love with her. But they are captured by the rich, ruthless Emperor of Asia before he can bring her to safety.