An elite clique in the U.S. military is conspiring against an Administration that it believes has weakened America's armed forces. Using Middle East terrorists as triggermen, the clique unleashes a wave of atrocities to alert the nation to the danger of pacifists in government. Mack Bolan's interception of the terrorists expands into grim warfare when he and Hal Brognola find themselves under attack - with America's most covert defense facility, Stony Man Farm, as the primary target. Suspecting treachery from deep inside the Oval Office, the Executioner prepares to blow the lid off a conspiracy that may bring him face to face with the President of the United States.