Plot. Act of War: High Treason takes place over the course of three days, three years after the events of Act of War: Direct Action.On the eve of the U.S. Presidential election, the two presidential candidates, Senator Watts and Vice President Cardiff are attacked. Task Force Talon intervenes and rescues both, but in the meantime, President Baldwin is assassinated.

Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state.