Agent Tracker wishes his worst problem was not being able to buy toilet paper. But with a pandemic hitting the St. Louis area, and the entire country hard, and his goverment still allied with the Beng'azi aliens, he fears they'll use the virus to solidify their hold over the American people. An alien species arrives, offering salvation and destruction. Agent Tracker's alien allies have no answers; they fear the government's choice as much as Dick does. He has no choice but to turn to the Qarshilk, a revolutionary group within the Beng'azis who once held him captive. Will they be the allies Dick needs to save his country? Or will the desire for toilet paper damn them all to planetary destruction?