The man known as Oliver Stone has no official past. He spends most days as a protester camped opposite the White House, his only goal to keep watch on Washington politics and expose corruption wherever he finds it. But the stakes are raised when he and his friends, a group of conspiracy-theory misfits known as The Camel Club, accidentally witness the murder of an intelligence analyst. Especially when the authorities seem happy to write it off as a suicide. For Secret Service agent Alex Ford, the suicide verdict doesn`t ring true. Nearing retirement and a comfortable pension, the last thing he should have done is stick his nose where it doesn`t belong. As punishment he is reassigned to bodyguard duties, protecting the President during a visit to his home town. But awaiting them is a terrorist cell that has spent months plotting an event that will shake the world. Meanwhile, intelligence chief Carter Gray, arguably America`s most powerful man since 9/11. is