In the early part of the twenty-first century, in the waning days of the Swanson administration, there was a cataclysmic nuclear attack by Muslim extremists. Three hundred million Americans perished. Mass sterility and gene defects were the seminal events of the war.

The administration turned to genetic ladder engineering to ensure survival. Children deemed unfit were harvested for their organs and summarily dispatched. Those who were fierce and obedient were sent to the Legion to protect the state and preserve internal order.

Gaul, the consummate warrior of the Legion, was born into this world. This is his story as he fights to gain what twenty-first century Americans take for granted. It is a quest for justice in a cruel world that has no respect for the human condition.