Phoenix Welles finds himself being taken prisoner by the notorious Juche Commune, led by the mysterious Great Juche. He finds himself as a "prize" of Supreme Leader Ri Yong-ho as a POW. But unlike other POWs, Phoenix doesn't realize he was formerly known as "Knox Sovereign" to the North Koreans or to why Colonel Rex MacManners wanted to use a lone "invincible" soldier against the North Korean regime.