Recent high school graduate Jakob Diggs could care less about his high school plans. His father, Secretary of Defense Alec Diggs, already has his plans made for him. Reservist, then a future political career.

But when Jakob's mother moves him to a safer location, he becomes an unwitting victim of a secret plot to undermine the Republic and reveal the government's secrets for everyone to see.

Now confronted with the truth behind the nonstop media and the lies, Jakob finds himself opposite of his father, but with a common goal: save the Republic at all costs.

David Gearing is the author of fifteen novels across various genres. He lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest with his partner.