"You see, son, that's where you're in error. I'm not bound by military regulations concerning treatment of prisoners." When a White House murder exposes documents that could destroy a defense empire, FBI Agent Sparks races to prevent a presidential conspiracy while dodging assassins and drone strikes. In 1864, Union Colonel Brison uncovers the same industrialist plot to murder a Confederate partner during the Richmond raid. As both investigations converge on a truth that powerful forces will kill to protect, two men separated by 160 years discover that in America, corruption is the only true inheritance.