In the nation's capital, the inauguration is savagely interrupted by a cadre of middle eastern extremists, turning the capital into a meat grinder via an RPG attack. Both outgoing and incoming administrations are obliterated, except for the incoming Vice President, Lars Magnusson, who's life hangs by a thread.

Shortly thereafter, a series of buildings explode in a major metropolitan city and the authorities are left without a clue. Months later, the nation is in the midst of the worst drought in memory and is set ablaze by a low tech assault by extremists, driving the nation into chaos.

This and a host of other problems greet the now recovered President, back from the dead and virtually alone. Jaeger, now gone International, contacts a former associate, Nestor Magellan, to help him settle a score with the head of the Corsican Mafia, Malatesta Scaramanga.

Once again a vortex of plots and subplots, bring a hoard of antagonists and protagonists together, giving life to some, while ending the lives of others in a breathless race to the finish and Jaeger is brought to Washington DC, to reunite with someone encountered long ago, the embattled President, Lars Magnusson. .