Five years ago:A tense sea-rescue drags up Navy Fighter Pilot Daniel Foster, paralyzed from the waist down.A determined young physician, Meredith, makes a controversial suggestion that leads to his physical recovery.In the ensuing years Daniel’s body heals leaving only a devastating phobia of flying.This clandestine shame haunts him long after he regains the ability to walk.
Present Day:Overwhelming public approval has elected Dr. Meredith Graham the first woman President.Her heroic efforts revealed to the public that a cheap form of energy, cold fusion, was being suppressed by both parties of the Washington elite.Traditional power brokers from around the world, decimated by her win and the new technology, become energy terrorists.
Shortly after her election, Meredith’s husband Dr. Edward Graham is blackmailed by her running mate Vice President Ronald Hill.Hill is the servant of those energy terrorists who seek to oust Graham, install Hill, and re-establish the status quo.
Meredith, the President, inherits a world in chaos and the choice of Director of National Intelligence has never meant more.She continues her controversial decisions when she appoints Daniel Foster to that roll.Meredith, the woman, is left unexpectedly alone as Edward Graham unravels under the pressure to forsake his wife.
Professionally, Meredith relies upon her team, including the duplicitous Hill, as she originates unconventional solutions for world problems.To the astonishment of the bureaucracy, Meredith’s policies prove to be as successful as the voters expected.
Daniel watches her triumphs with pride as he grows suspicious of Hill’s intentions, and alarmed by hints of terrorist activity from an unexpected source.His warnings of the source of impending energy terrorism are ridiculed and ignored.His critics are silenced when the children of world leaders, including Meredith’s daughter, are kidnapped.
Personal betrayals launch international intrigue requiring Meredith to rise above her personal losses and answer the nation’s aggressors.International brinkmanship, compounded by the potential loss of child hostages raises the stakes from a military to an intelligence operation.Despite bitter opposition, Meredith eschews the warnings of her military advisors to places the survival of the hostages in Daniel’s hands.Now Daniel must face his re-emerging fear to retrieve the hostages and rein the U.S. back from the brink of world war.
