A military coup in Russia leads to an invasion of former Soviet territories - while the U.S. has been rendered powerless to respond.

In Russia, the military is anxious to assert its strength and regain its role as a superpower. The Russian President refuses to greenlight a bold plan to disable American strategic nuclear capability and retake Ukraine and the Baltic States, fearing the potential consequences of involving nuclear weapons. But the generals won't have it and at the first opportunity, they overthrow the president in a coup. They use a narrow window to initiate the Zolotov option, which will render all of America's B2 bombers and ballistic missiles useless. With the U.S. off the board, they swiftly invade Ukraine with an invading Army that even NATO can't hope to resist. Without their primary weapons, the U.S. has to find a way to fight back on multiple fronts. If they're to have a chance, they'll have to overcome the malware that has grounded their ballistic missiles and planes, as well as secretly land a SEAL team to help rescue the Russian President and retake control from the forces that are driving Europe into a continental war.