When murderous bands of militiamen begin roaming the western United States & attacking government agencies it will take a dedicated group of the nations finest & toughest civilian airmen to put an end to the homegrown insurgency. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick Mc Lanahan vows to take to the skies to join the fight but when his son Bradley also signs up they find themselves caught in a deadly game against a shadowy opponent. When the stock markets crash & the U.S. economy falls into a crippling recession everything changes for newly elected president Kenneth Phoenix. Politically exhausted from a bruising & divisive election Phoenix must order a series of massive tax cuts & wipe out entire cabinet-level departments to reduce government spending. With reductions in education & transportation an incapacitated National Guard & the loss of public safety budgets entire communities of armed citizens band together for survival & mutual protection. Against this dismal backdrop a SWAT team is ambushed & radioactive materials are stolen by a group calling themselves the Knights of the True Republic. Is the battle against the government about to be taken to a new & deadlier level? In this time of crisis a citizen organization rises to the task of protecting their fellow countrymen: the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) the U.S. Air Force auxiliary. The Nevada Wing
- led by retired Air Force Lieutenant-General Patrick Mc Lanahan his son Bradley & other volunteers
- uses their military skills in the sky & on the ground to hunt down violent terrorists. But how will Patrick respond when extremists launch a catastrophic dirty bomb attack in Reno spreading radiological fallout for miles? & when Bradley is caught in a deadly double-cross that jeopardizes the CAP Patrick will have to fight to find out where his friends loyalties lie: Are they with him & the CAP or with the terrorists? With A Time for Patriots" the " New York Times" bestselling master of the modern thriller Dale Brown brings the battle home to explore a terrifying possibility-the collapse of the American Republic."