A Californian oil refinery belonging to one of the world's largest multi-national energy companies is blown apart with a 'backpack' nuclear device. An obscure group calling itself Defenders of the Oppressed Militia, or DOOM, claim responsibility. Their mission is simple - to end the oppression of poor nations by global corporations and governments who plunder the world's natural resources for profit. It is Brigadier General Jason Richter's job to stop them - by any means necessary.

Richter is the head of Task Force TALON, a special unit set up by the US to track terrorists and anticipate their next move. He is a brilliant unconventional strategist and tough. First he must discover who he is actually fighting, but the truth could be stranger and more worrying than anything he imagined...