But, as the greatest nation in the world enters the new millennium, it finds itself once again split over the concept of "liberty and justice for all." When one man decides to send a message to the government in the form of a bomb in a Federal building, the explosion is felt all across the country.

The chain reaction that follows resonates most powerfully in the form of members of a rebel band in Idaho who call themselves "Patriots." Their well-planned acts of terrorism soon show the government that they cannot be ignored and that definite action is needed. Thrown into the battle is Lieutenant Nathan Dixon, fresh from VMI, and a soldier who stands in the very large shadow of his father, the revered General Scott Dixon. Sent to quell a potentially dangerous situation, Nathan finds himself catapulted into the first battle of a new American war of independence.