Inspired by the success of Vladimir Llich Lenin and desperately angry at the direction of the United States, Aston Bennev develops a tactical plan to change the nation. To start his plan, he needs to find a pliable icon to be the face of this new nation. He finds Lamont P. Rudd. Through brazen lies, manipulation, and a coalition of bigots, his man, Rudd, is twice elected president of the United States. Rudd carries out Bennev's plan to deconstruct the administration of the government. Just as Bennev hopes, the economy is ravaged, and the nation is bitterly divided and desperate. With the country on the edge of collapse and the population on the brink of all out rebellion, the final phase is ready to begin. Only Carter Baxter and a handful of others stand in the path of authoritarian rule, and they are on the run.