All Artemus Newton wanted after thirty-two years in the Army was a nice, quiet retirement.That's not going to happen.Fifty-year-old Army Chief Warrant Officer Artemus Newton has just retired after a long and mostly lackluster career sitting behind desks at different assignments around the world. Now Artemus Newton and his cat Gus have moved to a comfortable apartment at a far northwestern suburb of Chicago and he is looking forward to a peaceful retirement living off his Army pension, supplemented by a less stressful part time job.Newton's quiet life doesn't stay quiet for long, though.Sinister forces are planning the largest terror attack on American soil in history and they are converging on a target nearby.Guess who has to stop them.