Sixth months into his first term, President Stephen Blades is attempting to
salvage his administration from the revelation he received on his Inauguration
Day — an alien presence is building something in the asteroid belt, and
the previous president covered it up while sending a manned mission aboard a
ship named the Clarke to investigate. Blades has a plan to end the Middle
Eastern wars begun by his predecessor, and to start preparing America for the
truth about what's coming... but he's facing serious threats from within his own
government and a new, mysterious danger from abroad. Meanwhile, the brave
astronauts of the Clarke finally meet the aliens... but what they learn
seems likely to doom the Earth!