Faced with a crisis unprecedented in American history, the total destruction of the nationas energy systems in a disastrous and cataclysmic terrorist assault, newly inaugurated President Peggy Szdek, Americaas first woman president, must lead the United States back from the brink of total collapse. Enemies both foreign and domestic are threatening the very existence of the country, including a subversive element within her own cabinet. Aided by the FBI, Homeland Security, a myriad of civilian heroes, and some unlikely allies, Peggy struggles to preserve the nation and its freedoms.