The system fails. We all know it. Most of us accept it. But when the system fails those he loves, John McConnell is compelled to act. He's no superhero, but he does have that certain something. Enlisting the aid of a reclusive hacker, McConnell embarks on a vigilante journey into the shadowlands of American Empire, revealing the conspiracy theories are not as bad as people think, they're far worse. The American empire has taken a dark turn, selling out its soldiers, murdering its citizens. What's one man versus the Empire? You can’t shoot your way out of everything.

Jackboot is the debut novel of Will Van Allen, the first in The McConnell Novels.