Grace Briggs is now the leader of the largest anti-government secessionist group in the United States, having outmanoeuvred both Federal law enforcement and an attempted takeover by white power storm troopers. But troubles at home remain, and when a chance encounter with innocent civilians blows up into an ugly hostage situation, the privacy and integrity of Briggs Land is compromised. Meanwhile, Jim Briggs, humiliated at losing control of the family, seeks revenge.