"Provocative" -- USA Today, "Sweeping, intense" -- Publishers Weekly Latino insurgents are waging a bitter civil war. Sarah Evans was once their hostage in Los Angeles, a rebel stronghold in a war-torn Southern California. Now, Sarah has returned to LA. Not for vengeance, but for love. Shortly after arriving, Sarah is embroiled in a plot to destroy a Midwestern city with a suitcase nuclear weapon, threatening to land Sarah on death row. Meanwhile, an overzealous U.S. president takes over after the impeachment of the elected one and leads the nation to the brink of world war.