As a second civil war splits America in two, as the twelve wealthiest Russian oligarchs carve Russia up into twelve independent states after they overthrow Russia's authoritarian dictatorship, and as China plunges into ruin after America defaults on her massive debts, two extraordinary men simultaneously rise to prominence in the wake of the global power vacuum left behind. One, an obscure U.N. administrator with cultlike charisma, is quietly bringing the countries of Europe together, and from there he intends to unite all nations under a single, New World Order. The other, who claims to be a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, embarks upon a war of conquest to restore Mongolia to its former greatness, and from there he intends to fulfill the dreams of his legendary forefather and build a unified world empire. A clash between two titans, a battle to the death between East and West, appears inevitable. Meanwhile, a freelance agent named Max Doss, working for a secret, off-the-books U.S. agency and tasked to find those responsible for assassinating the President, instead finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly arms race between Mongolia, Europe, and the U.S., a race to harness recently discovered alien technology. Doss must find an obscure but brilliant Vietnamese man named Billy Duc before America's rivals do as he may be the only person on the planet who can unlock the secrets of alien technology. If Doss fails, America will fall.