When the new occupant of the Oval Office turns out to be a well-known as a conspiracy theorist, his paranoia forces Secret Service Agent Sandy Donaldson to go above and beyond normal expectations. But when bullets start flying in her direction, Sandy wonders if the President might not be so paranoid after all. The question is, other than Sandy, who wants the man dead?

Carrie Faulkner fails spectacularly when given command of the Milky Way Alliance. Relieved of duty, she is sent back to earth; supposedly for her own good. But someone needs to investigate the source of the growing Bakkui menace. The problem is that a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines would be suicidal. Sounds like just the thing for someone who has already hit bottom.