Unregulated Militia

For reporter Lindsey Hoken, an interview with President-Elect, Ginny Robinson, after her election night speech in Chicago was a dream come true. But Hoken's plans and those of the first black woman president collapsed into chaos after a squadron of armed drones dropped from the sky and strafed the victory party along Lake Michigan.

A nation born and raised on gunfire suddenly confronted its worst nightmare, deadly aerial terrorist attacks on its own people from an unknown enemy, perhaps its...