While on a mission to investigate a supposedly empty dwelling in the middle of nowhere in Iraq, Lieutenant Johnny Tisdale of the Canadian Armed Forces finds and rescues a missing sergeant of the United States Marine Corps. After getting her safely back to her own troops, he is asked by the ranking colonel to join his black-ops team. Johnny accepts and is soon leading the top-ranked team in the Middle Eastern theatre of operations. It is during this time that he discovers a nefarious plot to destroy a lot of North America a few days before Christmas. With millions of lives on the line, Johnny and his team do the best they can to thwart the disaster. For his efforts, he is promoted to colonel and given other difficult tasks that require his expertise.