In the fall of 1950, American troops faced disaster in Korea. Chinese forces have entered the war; the Allied Powers are in danger of being pushed off the Korean peninsula. MacArthur is furious with Washington's strict rules of engagement and wants to extend the conflict into China, even Russia. The Supreme Commander approves a clandestine effort to divert five atom bombs intended for a Pacific test into the war theater, to threaten and ultimately break the Chinese juggernaut. One man, Army investigator Major Lyle Kitchens, discovers what is planned. Only Kitchens can stop the plot...but time is running out, world war looms and his greatest adversary isn't the Chinese.