Plot Summary

Against a backdrop of deep national division, Massachusetts governor Dominic Nelson's presidential hopes fade amid a polarized primary race. Choosing to break from the two-party system, Nelson launches an Independent campaign with an unorthodox campaign manager: Fred Hoffman, childhood friend and a controversial political scientist. As their revolutionary platform and unconventional plan to save America ignite fierce debate across the country, a shocking turn of events thrusts Hoffman to the forefront of the campaign, pushing both men into a high-stakes political storm that could either save the nation or tear it apart.