Julie Martinelli
A striking biophysicist who possesses an extraordinary gift for computing. Julie is unexpectedly and suddenly drafted by a special branch of the U.S. Military and whisked to NORAD’s high-tech bunker deep inside the Colorado Rockies to find a solution to the mysterious shutdown of America’s top-secret strategic defense satellite network.

Colonel Joseph Marshall
A rugged, no-nonsense Special Forces colonel who plays by the rules of the enemy namely, no rules at all. The President charges Marshall with following Skile’s gruesome trail, which takes him to a mansion fortress on top of the Colorado Rockies.

Alexander Skile
A genius microprocessor designer and entrepreneur. Grew up in Silicon Valley – now he intends to own it by using the window of opportunity created by the Millennium Bug to commit the ultimate crime.

Gunnery M.Sg. J.C. Williams
Sniper instructor and Marshall’s right-hand man. He can put three consecutive rounds from a Remington 40XB sniper rifle through a one-inch washer at three hundred yards.

Dr. Nancy Shaw
Julie’s mentor and best friend. A no-nonsense, resourceful biochemist with a quick wit. She fights for her life when a chopper crash strands her in the Colorado Rockies in the midst of well-armed doomsday militants.