We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose. - Francesco Guicciardini.Long after the collapse of the United States, the fires of war burn red hot in the Heartland. Wandering west on his own business, the former National Guardsman known as the Stoic becomes entangled in a struggle for the survival of Mankind. In the fourth installment of A Freak Among Strangers, deadly plans and lethal truths are discovered. High-risk raids against secretive facilities, tense undercover operations, and the unstoppable will of a man with nothing to lose will shake the foundations of the Earth.