FBI agent Joe Unes learns more about his odd rescuer, Barney Ison, as they continue toward St. Louis with the computers containing the deadly e-mail from 'God'.  At Raven Rock Mountain in southeast Pennsylvania, Capt. Alan Thiel and his A-team penetrate the outer defenses of Site R, but now have to figure a way through the nuclear blast doors to get inside the mountain bunker and bring Malthus to justice.

Meanwhile, a firefight breaks out at Scott Air Base near St. Louis between UN troops and the 369th MPs.  Lt. Tony Harris, a former NFL running back, realizes that battlefield tactics are a lot like strategy in football -- except that this game really is decided by sudden death.