The Russian bear has awakened. Its tanks race across Poland, crushing all opposition on a headlong dash for the heart of Germany. Satellite-killing missiles blind American forces, while Spetsnaz teams destroy Allied communications relays. It's all part of a master plan to confuse and defeat America and her allies. Ranged against the Russian attack are a Marine lieutenant colonel pulled out of a cushy job at the Pentagon and thrown into the fray; a French special forces captain and his intelligence operative father; a young, Polish, female partisan fighter; an A-10 Warthog pilot; and the lieutenant colonel of an American tank platoon who, along with a German sergeant, struggles to keep a small group of American and German tanks in the fight. Operation Red Metal is a nightmare scenario made real, but could it be just the first move on the Russian chessboard?