A lone Secret Service Agent, former Marine Sergeant Thomas Andrew Jackson, is assigned to protect Senator William Henry Higgins, who is rumored to have eyes on the Presidency. One morning, while en route to Washington, seven men make a bold, yet unsuccessful attempt on the senator's life. Preliminary reports indicate the men were all former military, officially listed as dead or missing in action. Why make such an attempt in broad daylight on a major expressway? And what makes Senator Higgins such a high level target? AJ soon learns that Senator Higgins not only has a secret and sinister past, but his goals extend far beyond the Presidency.