In 2013, and an armed force general convinces a group of adults to travel to an underground training base in Kansas to train to become illegal soldiers. An advanced computer system keeps the training base out of radar from satellites and monitors. Only the strongest make it through training, and the weak are held prisoners. The army takes a wrong flight and winds up in Egypt and is forced to hike to Syria, their initial destination. Most die off, and the few survivors of the hike are trapped in Syria, confused and hopeless. Things only worsen when a chemical attack occurs.