The U.S.A. -- President Hamilton Delbacher has devised a frightening counter measure involving Cuba, Saudi Arabia, seizure of the Russian embassy, and a desperate coup within the walls of the Kremlin itself.

Not since the Bay of Pigs invasion has the world teetered so precariously on the nuclear brink, as mankind's future becomes the ultimate prize in a struggle between two driven men, two iron wills, and two relentless forces. It is a contest where no one, least of all its principal players, can possibly predict the outcome.