Circle of Stars

The first American flag set its thirteen stars in a circle, so that no one stood above another. Now a new flag of thirteen stars flies over a new border, and the old one is coming apart. America is at war with itself. Cities burn, whole states walk out of the Union, and the once most powerful military in the world, the force that kept world order, is in disorder.

The world is watching. Russia lays claim to Alaska. China takes Taiwan. Poland comes under fire on the edge of Europe. And the young United Tribal Nation, sworn never to attack unless attacked, must decide who it can take in, and what it will cost to keep its word.