Out of the ashes comes America's fighting best. The Guardians, an elite four-man survival team trained to hair-trigger tautness, have been entrusted with freedom's last hope: the top-secret Blueprint for Renewal. Having safely delivered the President across a thousand mile hell run from ravaged Washington to the impregnable midwestern fortress called Heartland-the Guardians are ready for step two: scour the four corners of a country gone mad and secure the high-tech experts needed to put the Blueprint into operation! But this time, even the Guardians' awesome combat skills and devastating personal weaponry may not be enough...