Reprisal!

After America suffers the two worst terrorist attacks in history, billionaire businessman Steven Howard takes the war on terror personally. With the help of his friend, General Charles (Chip) Clarett the newly retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and ex-Marine Corp. They begin tracking down the terrorist's responsible for the attacks on America and the deaths of the General's grand children and daughter in-law only to discover newly elected President Alan Starks and his administration are inexplicably refusing to go after the real terrorists, proving the true threat to country is from within. As Howard and Clarett seek out the terrorists, they discover that terrorism worldwide is controlled by a sinister group called the, Brotherhood of the Sword. It is made up of the rich and powerful elites of the Middle East and Islamic fundamentalist clergy that are convinced they can bring about worldwide Kalafah under the Shiite sect of the religion; if only they can bring down the Western powers starting with America and Israeli.The depth of their involvement in American politics is revealed, when the hunt turns to banking records. Howard and Clarett follow the money trail to the steps of the White House. Banking records suggest the new President and his staff have been bought and paid for by the very men who are the powers behind the Islamic terrorists, allowing them to dictate America's foreign and domestic policies. With plans to exert, more and more influence, over those in a position of power, through corruption.The battle lines are drawn, as the White House plots, begins reducing or eliminating the role of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and empowering President Starks'. Howard and Clarett are forced to open a second front in their personal war on terror. A political front, fraught with scandal and the no holds barred politics of personal destruction; with the prize to winner of not only the White House, but the country itself.