Bob Lee Swagger, marine pluridecorato e cecchino infallibile, vive in esilio dopo una missione militare andata male. La sua ricerca di pace e serenità viene bruscamente interrotta quando si trova ad essere ingiustamente accusato di aver complottato contro la Presidenza degli Stati Uniti d'America. Ferito gravemente e braccato, Swagger dovrà cercare di sopravvivere e capire chi ha cercato di incastrarlo...
After an epically unfiltered rant, an arrogant, loudmouth U.S. Army Colonel is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least important army base in the world.
The plot centers on a large-scale conspiracy by a group of US military personnel, led by General James Scott, against the current President Jordan Lyman. Further events show that the President, who sent his closest aides and friends to investigate, easily and almost indifferently accepts the news of their deaths, because he is only interested in his own person.
