THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA have elected as their first president the principal proponent of the merger between Canada and the U.S.A. The unification of the two nations has created an economic expansion of immense proportions. Ivan Welland, an early supporter of the President, has been chosen by the incoming administration to revamp the civil service and head up a new approach to immigration. His program of targeted recruitment of immigrants and merit-based government employment policies brings out a host of international and domestic detractors. Welland's battles with vicious enemies of democracy delve into the operations of insidious forces that employ suspicion, intrigue, and assassination to oppose the growth of a stronger, more prosperous North America. Learn how, and at what cost, Ivan Welland suffers personally by placing his country first, regardless of how divergent his hopes and ambitions may be.