Mile-High Blood

Freedom fighters who have taken up the struggle against the first American dictator select a civilian president as a first step to a return to democratic governance in the US. The civilian is meant to temporarily replace the dictator who has had a firm hold on the eastern states since Washington’s fall after a devastating terror attack. To stay in power, the dictator has even made a deal with units of China’s People’s Liberation Army to occupy the West Coast under the pretext of safeguarding China’s multitrillion-dollar US investment. At a pivotal moment, elite Chinese Marines acting on behalf of the dictator abduct the freedom fighters’ president. Kate, the former Military Police Officer commanding the president’s Israeli protective detail, is also captured in the ambush.

Jude, the once Army Ranger leading the Appalachian Command’s special operations troops, mounts a rescue mission teaming up with a Medal of Honor–winning Marine veteran. But, despite intense mountain warfare, they fail to liberate the president.

While the presidential rescue fight centers on the struggle in the Rockies, the broader insurgency makes gains back East, with Rebel forces pushing northward from D.C. and putting Greco’s army on the defensive. Sensing his grip slipping, the dictator strikes back, viciously murdering a freedom fighter whose loss is deeply personal to Jude.

Despite the killing of the beloved freedom fighter, Americans remain committed to reclaiming their homeland from both the dictator and the foreign invaders.