* Before the opening of the book, Ben Raines served in Vietnam. What unit did he serve with?
* After leaving the Army and serving for a time as a Soldier of Fortune in Africa, what profession does Ben take up upon returning to the US?
* After the primarily Bacteriological WWIII Ben takes a weapon from a police station, a weapon which will later become famous. What is it?
* The first of many women Ben will associate with is a rich woman from his own town that he knows. What was her name?
* Ben's brother, Carl, has hooked up with a racist Nazi-wannabe mercenary in the suburbs of Chicago. What is his name?
* After leaving Chicago Ben meets the half-black half-white woman who will eventually become his wife. Name her.
* At which military base does Ben learn that the US government is being reformed?
* After speaking with the Rebels, Ben aquires a dog named Juno. What breed of dog is Juno?
* Ben meets Ignatious "Ike" McGowan, a former Navy SEAL, while he is running a small radio station. What were the radio station's call letters?
* Ben also meets a former Navy Captain by the name of Lamar Chase. What is Lamar's specialty?
* Ben eventually takes command of the Rebel Army. He orders them to move into, and secure, three of the former United States. Which ones?
* After forming the Tri-States an attempt is made on Ben's life. Who tries to kill him?
* The Rebels are faced with a mutated form of a very old disease in this novel. Which one?
* V.P. Lowry also orders the highest form of gun control possible, attempting to leave citizens with only pistols and .22 caliber rifles. What agency does he use for this program?
* At the beginning of Book 2 within this novel is a famous quote: "If blood be the price of admiralty Lord God we ha' paid in full." Who wrote the story this quote is from?
* At one point, for a short time, Ben is the legal President of the United States. Who does he appoint as his Vice President?
* How, exactly, does Ben become President?
* Ben must later fight one of these mutants to save a little girl. How does he kill it?
* Ben Raines, the ex-soldier and mercenary was enjoying his simple life when he received a phone call that said "Bold Strike". Then he got a visit from a stranger telling him what?
* His former friends had set in motion a rogue nuclear sub that fired nuclear warheads on the Soviet Union. They responded with Nuclear,Biological and Chemical weapons. How did Ben survive this attack?