Nico Domivanni is a lonely writer who has no friends or family except for his grandfather Gino. Unable to decide what his next novel should be, Nico decides to write a biography about his temperamental granddad and the political fight he endured with the current ruler of America. Nico quickly realizes that the America he currently lives is nothing what America used to be a half-century ago when Gino was a kid. Ever since Uncle took over and declared himself ruler for life, the face of the United States was forever changed. Nico soon finds out that he has stumbled upon a revolution that has gone on for decades, one with which he will eventually become the leader. Filled with murderous plots, unforgiving hit men and witty dialogue, this novel drags Nico kicking and screaming into manhood by making him wake up to the country burning to the ground around him; all leading to a climactic twist that makes him take down a man who eliminated half his family and save his country from total ruin.