Mike Charles and John Clark are just college kids on a special research-study class in Hawaii when they stumble upon a conspiracy decades in the making. Before their class is done they will tangle with none other than Zachary Breedlove, a well-known and mightily feared member of U.S. Army brass. Breedlove has spent four decades searching for a long-ago secret in the jungles of Oahu, and over time has concluded that if he cannot find and possess that secret, no one else will either. Hiroto Hits the Ground sets the stage for the eight-volume Echelon 6 Series, and puts Mike and John on a lifelong path in service of the darkest corners of the American intelligence community.