David Korda, a young doctor turned labor camp prisoner stumbles upon the body of a murdered Gestapo officer. With only hours until his transport to a death camp, he sees the dead man's uniform as his las chance to survive, perhaps even to escape. With a surgeon's skill, he goes about repairing the gashed and bloodied tunic under the noses of his SS captors. He manages to slip away before the train to the concentration camp arrives; but he's got the SS close on his heels. The pursuit leads to a concentration camp where he tricks the guards into imprisoning his SS pursuer.

As November approaches, two near opposites clash for the nation's highest office. It's Ven Hess, firebrand populist breaking all the old rules, known as "The Hessian" for his intimidating tactics on the pitcher's mound, versus Democrat Alec Maynard, an African American Admiral with his own flaws but who offers the nation at least some hope of normalcy. Pete Vankov, a political operative known as the "Dark Angel" because of his reputation for winning at all costs, spearheads the Hess campaign.

The day democracy was assaulted...Protesters at the President’s rally morph into a mob that storms the Capitol, right-wing extremists in their midst. In halls the author walked for decades as a reporter, hostages are taken, the House Speaker among them. A horrific standoff gives extremist militias time to unleash deadly terrorism across the nation. The President, in election denial, weighs declaring martial law to quell the violence – and justify refusing to leave office. Will we again face insurrection? "Brewer gets inside the violent insurrectionists' heads as the revolution spreads.