The Reluctant Terrorist is the story of protagonist Yancy Eldon Scarboro’s evolution from raw high school underachiever and eastern Kentucky redneck into a secret anti-terrorism agent for a special unit of the U.S. Marine Corps. The story unfolds in 2029 following the losses of the Washington Monument and Golden Gate Bridge to terrorist assaults and after two additional presidential faces have been chiseled into Mount Rushmore. Two parallel lives evolve in the cauldron of the Middle East where Arabic terrorist trainees emerge with new and horrific weapons they intend to use to bring the United States to her knees. Their ultimate goal is to allow the radical Islamists to rise to worldwide power. Radical surgery is used to facilitate use of the secret weapons by the terrorists who meld into the fabric of the U.S. population in order to remain in sleeper cells until the time is right to strike. Special Agent Scarboro loses his status as unattached bachelor when he meets a sensual nurse while on a mission to locate and neutralize the terrorists before they can complete their Jihad.