A war that few remember starting burns slowly across the globe. A disastrous military strike in Panama sets in motion a chain of events that are still felt years later. A decorated detective mounts an investigation that takes him from Connecticut to Haiti. A military officer on leave searches for answers in a world that seems bent on her destruction. In the frozen wastes of a forgotten battleground prisoners of war struggle to survive and plan their escape. But in this dystopian future nothing is as it seems.