Who'sguardingthefort?Asglobaltensionsmountandarmyenlistmentsdrop,JamesCassandra,aU.S.Armycaptain,noticessignsofincreasingMuslimpresenceintheofficercorpsatFortCamp,thebasetowhichhehasbeennewlyassigned.Beardedofficersandburqasabound,alcoholisnolongerservedattheofficers’club,andMuslimchildreninmujahideenoutfitspracticehand-to-handcombatatthebasehousing.WhenCassandragoestohispoliticallycorrectcommandingofficer,GeneralCoddle,withhissuspicions,heisreassuredthatwhatheseesisjusttheresultoftheArmy’s“ProudtoBeMe”program—affirmativeactionforMuslimsandgays,“thetwomostunderrepresentedminoritiesinthemilitary.”Throughafriend,CassandralearnsofsimilarMuslimpenetrationatotherbases.Then,withthehelpofaneavesdroppingdevice,hediscoversaplotbyMuslimofficerstotakeoverkeycommands,withaviewtoestablishinganIslamicgovernment.Meanwhile,informationvitaltothesuccessofthecoupisbeingrelayedtotheMuslimofficersbyStanleyDarling,ayounggaysoldierinarmycommunicationswhohasacrushonhandsomeColonelMohammedFaisal.RealizingthatGeneralCoddlewon’tlistentohim,CaptainCassandraarrangestomeetwithatopPentagonofficer,theformidablegeneralJackPanzer,inordertodivulgewhatheknows.ButgettingtoPanzerisnoeasytask.Alongtheway,CassandraencountersaburlyMuslimTSAagent,sixscaryimamsaboardhisflight,andaleftistdemonstrationontheNationalMalltosupporttheconstructionofagiganticmosquetobesituatedinthecenteroftheMallwiththeWashingtonMonumentservingasitsminaret.Meanwhile,attheWhiteHouse,PresidentPrinceandhissecurityteamaremeetingtodiscussglobaltensions,butagainstabackgroundofescalatingthreatsandfallingenlistments,theirtopprioritiesaretoincreasetheLGBTUpresenceinthemilitaryandtocreatealessthreateningcolor-codedthreatchart.Havena?vegeneralsandpoliticianssetthenationonanirreversiblecoursetowardsdisaster?OrwillCaptainCassandrabeabletosavetheday?Havinginthemeantimelandedinamentalhealthfacility,however,Cassandraisinnopositiontosaveanyone—unlesshecanconvincethestaffthathe’sreallynotcrazy.Inaworldwherecrazinesshasbecomethenormandsanityissuspect,thatprovestobeatallorder.Whenburqasgetapassatthesecuritygate,F-16saresenttoIran,andthePresidentdecidestosupplementtheFirstLadywithaSecondLadyandaThirdLady,it’shardtosaywhat’snormal.Awittysatireonsuicidalgovernmentpolicies,multiculturalmisadventures,andmilitaryineptitude,Insecurityhitsuncomfortablyclosetohome.