The middle class is dying as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Global warming's effects on the environment are drastic and dramatic, with superstorms and deadly droughts a common occurrence. The government tightens its grip on the lives of ordinary people, controlling information, curtailing freedoms and privacy and becoming an enemy of the people, causing revolution to enter the minds of people all across the States. The Shield returns - but what happens when she's not sure who the enemy is?