During Desert Storm, Major Darren Mace made a fateful decision to go against orders— to abort a secret mission that was, in his judgment, ill-advised. His actions landed him in military exile. Now Mace has moved on to the Air Force Reserves. There's a new US president, a new era, and a new war is escalating along the Ukraine border. And this time Mace has a partner— Rebecca Furness, the military's first woman combat flyer— while the chains of command tighten around him.