Gordon Van Zandt is left with dwindling options. With his fledgling republic, Cascadia, teetering on the verge of collapse, he must find a way to seize an unlikely victory. The remnants of the United States are being held together by a patchwork of governors and bureaucrats. With the war against Cascadia at a standstill, President Cruz must make a decision to either negotiate peace or continue the war that has done nothing but damage each side and left his military scattered and weakene