To fight the war on terror, America's warriors need new weapons. And
here is where the future will be won.
In the Nevada desert, the high-tech future of warfare is being conceived
and constructed at a top-secret military facility called Dreamland.
As extremist Islamic pirates, armed and supported by a powerful Saudi
terrorist, prey on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden, America
aggressively answers with serious muscle--a next-generation littoral
warship with a full range of automated weapons systems that the enemy
has dubbed "Satan's Tail." However, unforeseen technological problems,
combined with the suicidal tendencies of a fanatical foe, mean support
is needed from above--and a pair of Dreamland's awesome Megafortresses
and their Flighthawk escorts are dispatched to the war zone. But bitter
professional rivalries threaten to damage, perhaps even destroy, the
mission, as a vengeful opponent takes advantage of the disruption to
strengthen his outlaw navy and set its sights horrifically high--raising
the stakes in a battle the U.S. and the world simply cannot afford to
lose.