North Korea is deploying missiles capable of reaching American territory. The United States has a decision to make, and the stakes are frighteningly high
US intelligence has discovered that North Korea is preparing to deploy missiles capable of reaching the west coast of the United States. Without a capable national missile defense system, the US decides to use military force to take the missiles out. The operation is successful beyond the president's expectations. In the aftermath, he decides that the US needs a unified missile shield and orders work to begin on a highly capable missile defense system. Russia, along with other nations unfriendly to America are outraged and demand that the US not move forward with its missile defense system plans. Russia, however, is prepared and willing to confront the United States militarily if the system is constructed. Twenty some years after the Cold War has ended, the US and Russia are going to war.
In these uncertain times, a confrontation between the US and a resurgent Russia is all too plausible. The Last Empire tells the tale from multiple vantage points. From the politicians in Moscow and Washington, to the soldiers locked in combat. Fast paced, hard hitting and realistic.
It's a frighteningly real possibility