The year is 2014. With the successful test of its Dong Feng-21 anti-ship ballistic missile, China and its expanding presence in the Pacific comes to the attention of Washington. Thanks to an enormous trade surplus, the Chinese have used their plentiful economic resources to rapidly expand their military, while America, continuing to suffer under economic austerity, squeezes its military budget.

Undaunted by the growing Chinese threat, Patrick McLanahan gets Washington’s authorization for his team at Sky Masters, Inc. to refurbish America’s aging weapons systems. In less than a year, he and his professional soldiers have made America launch-ready by air and sea in the Pacific. Heading to Guam to oversee strategy, McLanhan is reminded of the last time America was forced to contain the Chinese. And though he lost his mentor—and his son’s namesake—General Bradley James Elliot during those secret bombing missions against China, McLanahan is determ