For a long time, there was peace. But the citizens are no longer pacified. Now they blow up buildings and kill important people. They have decided the President must go.

In an unidentified European territory, the President and First Lady are reeling in the aftermath of an attempt on their lives. Just fifty feet from the Presidential Palace, shots off-target have killed two beloved members of their inner circle. The violence that had long seemed at arms-length has now finally reached the gates.

The First Lady is visited by paranoia, she obsesses over the whereabouts of her son, the proximity of terrorists, and the intentions of her maid, Mrs. Frolick.

The President uses those around him as sounding boards for his own grandiosity. He abandons idealism and the future of his country, instead giving all his attention and concern to the career of a young, beautiful actress.

Both are unable to break the patterns that have led the country to its tipping point, even as the world as they know it is ripped away.