SYNOPSIS

The year is 2010, and the United States has been in the grip of a military coup for two years. The coup itself was a peaceful one and even welcomed by the vast majority of the American people.

Prior to the coup, crime and violence had been rampant throughout the U.S. The once proud and envied American public school system was struggling. Long held moral values and ethics were rapidly disappearing from the American scene. The family was under siege, cities were war zones and the rate of youth crime was appalling. The media, including the movie and TV industry, were being faulted for their contribution to the problems of a lack of family values and the depreciation of ethics and morals.

Added to this quagmire was a Washington administration that was found to be morally bankrupt and worse criminal. This latter situation had been the final straw for the great mass of Americans and was regarded by most as the catalyst for the coup.

Following a period of turmoil the country is now peaceful and free from most violent crime. The war on drugs is now under control but the population is still uncomfortable without civilian rule. While Congressmen and other key positions are elected i.e. Governors and Mayors there still exists no democratically elected executive branch. All Supreme Court decisions are subject to final approval by the military plenipotentiary as are the bills and laws passed through the Congress.

The issue and major confrontation that is driving the unrest is the potential restoration of national elections. A militant faction in the military says "no". After all the country is doing better than ever before economically and socially, therefore the so-called dissidents are to be treated as criminals and traitors. The military opposition faction says "no"; it"s time for us, the military to step down. The deciding event that tears the country apart is the discovery by the underground media of a plot to distribute and infuse the cities and other areas that are hotbeds of rebellion with a new drug developed by the Army. The drug is a pacifiers dream, a permanent and powerful inhibitor of the brain. A small and ultra-right inner organization of military leaders sees this drug as the ideal solution for the urban violenceand feared Balkanization of the United States.

As the United States explodes with the revelation of the drug the country becomes increasingly unstable, minorities start demanding their place in the sun. Militant blacks pose the question of a black country in the Southeast. The Hispanics desire a homeland in the Southwest. The much discussed Balkanization of the U.S. that that started occurring in the late 90"s seems to be coming true.

Certain foreign countries see the events as an opportunity to create havoc in the U.S. and add their funds and diatribe to the increasing problems now arising in the U.S. Into this seething cauldron of discontent comes the, "Free America," movement that crystallizes the issues. They bring together the various dissident factions and tell the rest of the world to back off. This particularly is aimed at a new and stronger Mexico where there exists a possibility of invasion. The Mexicans claim it would be to protect its people already in the U.S. and to take back from the gringos its former territories.

The scale of the action is worldwide. A world that has envied the U.S. its wealth and power now draw around, some to watch and others to add fuel to the prospects of civil war. The pulling together of the country will rival the great events of that occurred during WWII. The electrifying end will satisfy the reader of this exciting page-turner.